Legal Opinion

Williamson v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 28, 2013No. A12A2446PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BARNES, Presiding Judge.

John Williamson appeals from the order of the trial court denying as untimely his motion for discharge and acquittal on statutory speedy trial grounds.1 Upon our review, we affirm.

As an appellate court, we review the trial court’s denial of a motion to dismiss an indictment on speedy trial grounds *26for abuse of discretion and defer to the trial court’s findings of fact and its weighing of disputed facts. Thus, in the absence of clear and convincing evidence to the contrary, we will not disturb the trial court’s factual finding that no jury qualified to try defendant was…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Hubbard v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1985
  2. Sosniak v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2012
  3. Fletcher v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1994
  4. Mize v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1992
  5. MacInnis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Williamson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2014
  2. James Wilborn v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2014

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