Legal Opinion
State v. Gleaton
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 8, 2010No. S10A1318PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HINES, Justice.
This is an appeal by the State from the grant of the joint motion of defendants Maurice Gleaton and Antonio Clark to bar their trial due to the violation of the constitutional right to a speedy trial. See OCGA § 5-7-1 (a) (1).1 For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
The State and Gleaton and Clark stipulated to the following before the trial court. On August 7, 2005, Kenneth Kemp was shot and killed at an apartment complex in Fulton County. Through the interviews of three witnesses, the police developed Gleaton and Clark as suspects in Kemp’s murder. Although there were many…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Ruffin v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2008
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- State v. WhiteSupreme Court of Georgia · 2008
- Haisman v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
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