Williams v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding in a speedy trial context that when a delay is caused by the accused, the State should not be penalized
• affirming trial court’s decision to weigh this factor heavily against the defendant even though defendant contended he could not have asserted right sooner because discovery was incomplete
• trial court took judicial notice of court’s heavy dockets in assessing reasons for delay in trial
• “[W]hen any portion of a delay in trial is caused by or at the behest of defense counsel, it should not be weighed against the State.”
• “[W]hen any portion of a delay in trial is caused by or at the behest of defense counsel, it should not be weighed against the State.”
• argument that defendant could not assert his right sooner because discovery was not complete is unavailing

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Sosniak v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-11-19· cited 77×
• Burney v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-06-29· cited 31×
• Henderson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-10-19· cited 27×
• Davis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-12-20· cited 13×
• Richardson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-10-23· cited 12×
• Taylor v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-10-11· cited 8×
• Milner v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-11-14· cited 3×
• Ivery Lee Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2022-01-05
• State v. Hartsfield
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-11-20
• Christopher Shawn Shriver v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2024-05-15
• Kitchens v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-07-01
• Steve Richardson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-10-23
• State v. Eugene Hartsfield
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-11-20
• Czerny Milner v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-11-14
• Ollie Antonio Murphy v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2024-02-29

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Barker v. Wingo
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-22· cited 12,108×
• Ruffin v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-06-30· cited 168×
• Weis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-03-25· cited 33×
• Sweatman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-10-04· cited 27×
• Scandrett v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-09-19· cited 26×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-09-24· cited 25×
• Fallen v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-05-31· cited 22×
• Howard v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-02-11· cited 20×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-09-22· cited 14×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-11-06· cited 10×