Criminal Trials Starting Up Again to Reduce Backlog of Cases in South Florida
“18 months going to be 19 months. It was stressful,” he said. In normal times, Filsmarge, who said he didn’t stab the man, would have gone to trial in the spring of 2020, but the pandemic stopped all criminal trials in Miami-Dade and Broward. Then a few days ago — a surprise — he was told to go home. "I was happy. My wife picked me up. I come home to my mom. She was happy to see me,” Filsmarge said. “We couldn’t get the case to trial because of the pandemic. Finally, the state agreed to dismiss the case, and now he's out and he’s back with his family even though he had...
Source: nbcmiami.com