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Brown v. State

Citations

  • 700 S.E.2d 407
  • 287 Ga. 892
  • 2010 Fulton County D. Rep. 3214
  • 2010 Ga. LEXIS 629

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  • holding that a defendant’s failure to assert the speedy-trial right weighed heavily against co-defendants who waited two and three years, respectively, to assert that right
  • weighing assertion of right factor heavily against co-defendants, one of whom waited more than three years and the other who waited two years, to assert their right to a speedy trial
  • noting that although the trial court entered a summary order denying the motions to dismiss, the order referenced the court’s findings entered on the record at a hearing, and a transcript of that hearing showed that the court engaged in the balancing test under Barker
  • noting that although the trial court entered a summary order denying the motions to dismiss, the order referenced the court’s findings entered on the record at a hearing, and a transcript of that hearing showed that the court engaged in the balancing test under Barker
  • co-defendants’ respective two- and three-year delays in asserting right to speedy trial weighed heavily against them
  • co-defendants’ respective two- and three-year delays in asserting right to speedy trial weighed heavily against them

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Judges: Thompson

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