Defense Continuances Must Attach a Speedy-Trial Waiver… — Palm Beach County, FL · BenchPath

Defense Continuances Must Attach a Speedy-Trial Waiver — Division D/DR

Medium — verify before relying· verified July 5, 2026Case Management15th Jud. Cir. / PBC County Court, Division D/DR Divisional Instructions

Official rule; awaiting reverification against the current source text. Verify with the clerk, judicial assistant, or official court website before relying on it.

Summary

Judge Damico: every defendant/defense motion for continuance must be accompanied by a waiver of speedy trial.

Applies to

Florida > Fifteenth Judicial Circuit > Palm Beach County > Palm Beach County Court > County Criminal Division D/DR (Judge Paul A. Damico)

Source of truth

"Defendant/Defense Motion for Continuance must be accompanied by a waiver of speedy trial"

Official source: PBC County Court — Division D/DR Instructions (Judge Damico)
Source health: Healthy · checked October 24, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: July 5, 2026Live fetch of official division page — 2026-07-05

Reviewer note: Verified against the live official page on 2026-07-05. 30-day recheck scheduled. Confidence set to medium 2026-09-08 (H3 re-verification): the live official document no longer carries this text verbatim — see the open change_detected task on its source. The official page changed after this rule's verification: on 2026-10-13 the recorded source passage no longer appeared on https://www.15thcircuit.com/division/d/instructions (automated verbatim check, window match 0%). Confidence lowered to medium until the rule is re-read against the current text.

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