Legal Opinion
Sweatman v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 4, 2010No. S10A1211PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NAHMIAS, Justice.
Brittany Sweatman, who is charged with murder and other crimes, asserts that the trial court erred in denying her motion to dismiss the indictment on constitutional speedy trial grounds. The trial court applied the proper framework for analyzing the speedy trial issue and did not abuse its discretion in denying the motion. Accordingly, we affirm.
1. On March 18, 2005, Sweatman was alone with her boyfriend’s 19-month-old son, Ashton David Correia. Sweatman claims that when she left the child momentarily to blow-dry her hair in a nearby bedroom, the child attempted to climb onto…
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