Madden v. State

This case, involving a 13-month delay, is controlled by Glenn v. State, 144 Ga. App. 557 (241 SE2d 447) (1978), in which a 15-month delay was held not to be error.

Justice Douglas, quoted in the majority opinion projects the better rule or view in his timely observation *44on an old case that it would be unjust and monstrous to put one on trial for bestiality after a two-year delay, as it would have been better to accuse him the next day. Yet we cannot say the trial judge abused his discretion under the facts of this case as to delays relating to identification and crime lab results. We do not…