Brannen v. State

Ruffin, Presiding Judge.

Following a jury trial, Tammy Suzette Brannen was convicted of voluntary manslaughter. In her sole enumeration of error on appeal, Brannen contends that the trial court erred in denying her motion to dismiss the indictment based on an alleged violation of her right to a speedy trial. For reasons that follow, we affirm.

The facts of this case were set forth in Brannen v. State, 1 in which our Supreme Court first addressed Brannen’s speedy trial argument. Succinctly stated, the facts show that in August 1995 Brannen was arrested for murder, and she was indicted in…