Tucker v. State

I concur specially as to Divisions 2 and 5.(2) Defendant’s complaint was that she was not granted a committal hearing within 72 hours of her arrest under a warrant. The majority opinion, which cites only cases involving a failure to hold a committal hearing, may imply that Georgia law requires a committal hearing within 72 hours of an arrest under a warrant. This is not the law of Georgia and I think we should say so.

Code Ann. § 27-210 states: “Every officer arresting under a warrant shall exercise reasonable diligence in bringing the person arrested before the person authorized to examine,…