State v. Edminson

Blackburn, Presiding Judge.

Following the trial court’s grant of John Clyde Edminson’s motion for discharge and acquittal1 based on the State’s failure to provide him with a statutorily required speedy trial,2 the State appeals, arguing that Edminson presented no evidence that there were jurors properly impaneled and qualified during the time the State was required to initiate trial. We disagree and affirm.

OCGA § 17-7-170 (b) provides that if a person who files a speedy trial demand “is not tried when the demand is made or at the next succeeding regular court term thereafter, provided at both…