Callaway v. State

Eldridge, Judge.

Dextrell Callaway filed a direct appeal from an order denying his plea in bar and demand for acquittal based on the denial of his constitutional right to a speedy trial under the analysis established in Barker v. Wingo, 407 U. S. 514 (92 SC 2182, 33 LE2d 101) (1972). He cites a physical precedent, Ould v. State, 186 Ga. App. 55 (366 SE2d 392) (1988), as authority for the proposition that a direct appeal is available under these circumstances. Because Ould is not a binding precedent, because we find that the reasoning offered therein does not withstand careful scrutiny, and…