State v. Fields
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Judge.
The issue in this appeal is whether the appellee was denied his constitutional right to a speedy trial.
On January 22, 1973, appellee allegedly escaped from the Richmond County Correctional Institute, where he was serving a 10-year sentence for robbery. In March, 1973, he was indicted for the offense of escape. In May, 1973, he was apprehended in Indiana and extradited to this state where he was incarcerated in the State Prison at Reidsville to continue serving his robbery sentence. In May, 1975, he was brought from Reidsville to Richmond County to be tried. At that time he…
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2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Hall v. HopperSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
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