Callaway v. State

Carley, Justice.

In each of these consolidated cases, the appellant filed a direct appeal from an order overruling a plea in bar based on the alleged violation of the constitutional right to a speedy trial. In Callaway v. State, 251 Ga. App. 11 (553 SE2d 314) (2001), the Court of Appeals dismissed the appeal, holding that the trial court’s order was not directly appealable, but was subject to the interlocutory appeal requirements of OCGA § 5-6-34 (b). In Williams v. State and Coney v. State, the Court of Appeals followed its decision in Callaway and dismissed the appeals by order. We granted…