Legal Opinion

Sosniak v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided November 19, 2012No. S12A0799PublishedCited by 72 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Melton, Justice.

Marcin Waldemar Sosniak appeals the trial court’s denial of his motion to dismiss his indictment due to an alleged constitutional speedy trial violation. Because we find that Callaway v. State, 275 Ga. 332 (567 SE2d 13) (2002), and Boseman v. State, 263 Ga. 730, n. 1 (438 SE2d 626) (1994), wrongly decided that the denial of a pre-trial constitutional speedy trial claim may be directly appealed, we dismiss Sosniak’s appeal for failure to follow the interlocutory appeal procedures of OCGA § 5-6-34 (b).

1. The record shows that Sosniak was arrested on March 20,2006 for murder,* 1…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Abney v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  3. United States v. MacDonaldSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  4. Strunk v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  5. Vermont v. BrillonSupreme Court of the United States · 2009

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3Cited by72 opinions

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