Legal Opinion
State v. Yates
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided October 30, 1996No. A96A1309PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Andrews, Judge.
The State appeals the trial court’s dismissal of the charges against Kyle Stephen Yates after finding he was denied his constitutional right to a speedy trial. We affirm.
Yates and a companion, Matthew Morgan, were arrested by off-duty police officers in Union City on August 14, 1993, and both were charged with DUI. Yates also was charged with permitting another to violate state law, failure to exhibit driver’s license on demand, and obstruction of an officer.
On September 9, 1993, the Municipal Court of Union City transferred the case to the State Court of Fulton County. On…
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