Publication Date: 2012-03-23
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Nahmias, David E.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harold B. Baker, Georgia Capital Defender, Tifton, and Gerald P. Word, Georgia Capital Defender, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Gregory W. Winters, District Attorney, John A. Regan, Assistant District Attorney, Macon, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S11A1449
The trial court properly denied the defendant's speedy trial motion as premature, since O.C.G.A. 17-7-171 b requires that more than two terms of court expire before a defendant is entitled to discha