HARRIS v. STATE

33501.

84 Ga. App. 1 (1951)

65 S.E.2d 267

HARRIS v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided May 23, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alvin L. Layne, T. Ross Sharpe, for plaintiff in error.

G. H. Williams, Solicitor, contra.


GARDNER, J.

It is the well established and salutary policy of our system of jurisprudence to give to persons accused of crime not only a trial by an impartial jury, but that such person shall have a "speedy trial." The Constitution of Georgia provides this.

For a similar provision in the Federal Constitution see Code § 1-806. Code § 2-105. Therefore, our General Assembly has provided that every person against whom a bill of indictment is found shall...

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