STATE V. RODRIGUEZ

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NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION AND, IF FILED, DISPOSED OF. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA THIRD DISTRICT JULY TERM, 2001 THE STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellant, vs. ** ** ** MONSERRATE RODRIGUEZ, Appellee. CASE NO. 3D00-3445 ** LOWER TRIBUNAL NO. 87-19184 ** Opinion filed August 15, 2001. An appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade County, Robert N. Scola, Judge. Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Michael Neimand, Assistant Attorney General, and Ana Cristina Lloyd, Certified Legal Intern, for appellant. Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Andrew Stanton, Assistant Public Defender, for appellee. Before JORGENSON, GODERICH and SHEVIN, JJ. PER CURIAM. We find that the trial court did not abuse its discretion and properly evaluated the four factors enumerated in Barker v. Wingo, 407 U. S. 514, 530 (1972)(holding that four of the factors that courts should assess in determining whether a particular defendant has been deprived of his right to a speedy trial are defendant's length of delay, assertion of the his reason right, for and the delay, prejudice to the the defendant), to determine whether a constitutional speedy trial violation had occurred. Accordingly, we affirm. 2

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