Legal Opinion
State v. Pickett
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 28, 2011No. S10G0542PublishedCited by 98 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NAHMIAS, Justice.
The trial court granted Phillip Pickett’s motion to dismiss his indictment on the ground that the State had violated his constitutional right to a speedy trial. The Court of Appeals affirmed, State v. Pickett, 301 Ga. App. 251 (687 SE2d 239) (2009), and we granted certiorari to consider its ruling. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the Court of Appeals with the direction that the case be remanded to the trial court for application of the correct legal analysis.
1. On June 23, 2003, Pickett was arrested on a charge of molesting his ten-year-old daughter. He was released…
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