176 Ga. App. 622 - Hubbard v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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9 state decisions

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1. “right make a demand for trial thereunder — at the term at which the indictment is found or at the next succeeding regular court term. After that time, such a demand can only be made by special permission of the trial court. . . . [T]he burden is on an accused to protect his statutory right to a speedy trial by making a timely demand for trial under [the code provisions]. [Cits.] The statute affords no exception to these directives for an accused in [defendant’s] position.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Abiff v. State

2. “[T]he reversal of [the defendant’s] conviction entitles him only to a new trial, not to a new indictment. [Cits.] [The statute] is absolutely clear as to when an accused may of”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Abiff v. State