Legal Opinion
Robinson v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 3, 2010No. S10A0428, S10A0429PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MELTON, Justice.
In these consolidated cases, Bernard Henry Robinson and Ralph Woods, Sr., were indicted for murder and other offenses in connection with the beating, stabbing, and shooting death of John Steven Mitchell. Robinson and Woods moved to dismiss their indictments on the grounds that their constitutional rights to a speedy trial had been violated. The trial court denied these motions, prompting these appeals. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
The record shows that Robinson and Woods were arrested on January 12, 2008, and that on May 20, 2008, the State filed a Motion to…
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