Legal Opinion
Lynch v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided October 7, 2009No. A09A0863PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Presiding Judge.
Charged with multiple offenses, Raoul Lynch filed a motion for discharge and acquittal on the ground that his constitutional right to a speedy trial was violated. The trial court denied the motion, and Lynch now appeals. For the following reasons, we affirm.
Lynch was indicted on May 27, 2005 and charged with two counts each of aggravated sodomy and aggravated assault, and one count each of rape, kidnapping with bodily injury and burglary. On August 11, 2007, Lynch was arrested in the state of New York on unrelated charges. Three months later, on November 19, 2007, the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Ruffin v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2008
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- Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
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3Cited by8 opinions
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