280 Ga. App. 586 - State v. Giddens’s Empirical Analysis

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19 state decisions

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1. “The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that the accused has a right to a speedy trial in a criminal prosecution. The test for determining whether that right has been violated is set forth in Barker v. Wingo, 407 U. S. 514 (92 SC 2182, 33 LE2d 101) (1972), which provides that four factors are taken into consideration: length of the delay; reason for the delay; defendant’s assertion of the right to a speedy trial; and prejudice to the defense. Boseman v. State, 263 Ga. 730, 731 ( 438 SE2d 626 ) (1994). None of the factors are regarded as necessary or sufficient to finding deprivation of the right to a speedy trial, but rather “the factors should be considered together in a balancing test of the conduct of the prosecution and the defendant.” (Citation omitted.) Id. On appeal, “(t)he question is whether the trial court abused its discretion in ruling that [defendant’s] speedy-trial rights were violated.” State v. Redding, 274 Ga. 831, 832 ( 561 SE2d 79 ) (2002).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 283 Ga. App. 139 - Lackey v. State