Legal Opinion
Roberts v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided May 17, 2006No. A06A0034PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Barnes, Judge.
James Earl Roberts appeals the trial court’s denial of his plea of former jeopardy based on a constitutional speedy trial violation. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
Roberts previously appealed the trial court’s denial of his motion for discharge and acquittal based on the speedy trial provisions of OCGA § 17-7-170, and both this court and the Supreme Court of Georgia affirmed the trial court. Roberts v. State, 263 Ga. App. 472 (588 SE2d 242) (2003), aff'd, 278 Ga. 610 (604 SE2d 781) (2004). Those appeals arose because Roberts appeared in municipal court for a preliminary…
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