Harris v. State

It is the well established and salutary policy of our system of jurisprudence to give to persons accused of crime not only a trial by an impartial jury, but that such person shall have a “speedy trial.” The Constitution of Georgia provides this.

For a similar provision in the Federal Constitution see Code § 1-806. Code § 2-105. Therefore, our General Assembly has provided that every person against whom a bill of indictment is found shall be tried at the term of court at which the indictment is found, unless the absence of a material witness or the principles of justice require a postponement…