§ 17-7-170. Demand for Speedy Trial; Service; Discharge and Acquittal for Lack of Prosecution; Expiration; Reversal on Direct Appeal; Mistrial and Retrial; Special Pleas of Incompetency
Any defendant against whom a true bill of indictment or an accusation is filed with the clerk for an offense not affecting the defendant’s life may enter a demand for speedy trial at the court term at which the indictment or accusation is filed or at the next succeeding regular court term thereafter; or, by […]
§ 17-7-171. Time for Demand for Speedy Trial in Capital Cases; Discharge and Acquittal When No Trial Held Before End of Two Court Terms of Demand; Counting of Terms in Cases in Which Death Penalty Is Sought; Special Pleas of Incompetency
Any person accused of a capital offense may enter a demand for speedy trial at the term of court at which the indictment is found or at the next succeeding regular term thereafter; or, by special permission of the court, the defendant may at any subsequent term thereafter demand a speedy trial. The demand for […]
§ 17-7-172. Requirement of Announcement by State of Readiness for Trial Prior to Announcement by Defendant; Speedy Trial
The state shall be required in every case to announce ready or not ready for trial, except in those cases where the defendant is entitled by law to demand a speedy trial, before the defendant shall be called on to make such announcement. History. Ga. L. 1862-63, p. 138, § 1; Code 1868, § 4613; […]