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Hayes v. State

Citations

  • 680 S.E.2d 182
  • 298 Ga. App. 338
  • 2009 Fulton County D. Rep. 2173
  • 2009 Ga. App. LEXIS 703

How courts have described this case

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  • “the weight accorded the other factors in the balancing test depends, to a large degree, on the length of the delay”
  • “the weight accorded the other factors in the balancing test depends, to a large degree, on the length of the delay”
  • state’s decision to dead-docket, rather than dismiss, case was not a “benign” reason for delay, and thus this factor should have been weighed heavily against the state
  • where the State made the decision to dead-docket a case rather than dismiss it or bring it to trial, this factor should weigh heavily against the State
  • “this case long ago crossed the presumptive prejudice threshold”
  • a pre-trial delay exceeding 12 months is presumptively prejudicial

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Judges: Blackburn, Adams, Doyle

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