Haisman v. State

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• noting that Georgia’s former speedy trial demand statutes, Ga. Code Ann. §§ 27-1901 and 27-1901.1, afforded the defendant a “means of asserting one’s right to a speedy trial after indictment” but that the defendant had a Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial that attached at arrest
• due process not speedy trial rights implicated in length of delay prior to arrest or indictment
• refusal to sever reversible error where, despite common element that both murder victims were family members, no common scheme or plan could be inferred behind the homicides
• refusal to sever reversible error where, despite common element that both murder victims were family members, no common scheme or plan could be inferred behind the homicides
• Sixth Amendment requires balancing test that weighs four factors
• delay justified where attributed to necessary further investigation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).