McDougler v. State

MILLER, Presiding Judge.

This case is before this Court for a second time to address Ronald McDougler’s claim that the trial court should have dismissed his indictment on constitutional speedy trial grounds. McDougler v. State, 323 Ga. App. 828 (748 SE2d 475) (2013) (‘McDougler I”). In 2009, McDougler was convicted by a jury of two counts of sale of cocaine(OCGA § 16-13-30(a)),andtwocountsofpossessionofcocaine (OCGA § 16-13-30 (b)). McDougler filed a direct appeal, arguing that he was denied his constitutional right to a speedy trial, and this Court remanded to the trial court with…