Rogers v. State

BENHAM, Justice.

The DeKalb County grand jury returned a true bill of indictment in August 2007 that charged appellant Eric Rogers with malice and felony murder in connection with both the 1991 death of Mark Birmingham and the 1995 death of Darnell Patterson. This direct appeal follows the trial court’s denial of appellant’s amended motion for discharge and acquittal in which appellant sought relief pursuant to OCGA § 17-10-171 (b) (statutory speedy trial provision) and his constitutional right to a speedy trial found in the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I,…