Spillers v. State

I fully realize that trial judges are doing their best to reduce increasing backlogs and to reduce the time lag between indictment and trial, and this is as it should be. However, the Supreme Court of Georgia and this court have to their credit traditionally and zealously guarded the right of a defendant that his appointed counsel shall have a reasonable time to prepare his case for trial. To hold otherwise would deny him the full benefit of counsel guaranteed to him under the Federal and State Constitutions. Code § 1-806; Code Ann. §§ 2-101, 2-111. Where an attorney is appointed by the court…