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STATE v. HIGHT

60563.

156 Ga. App. 246 (1980)

274 S.E.2d 638

THE STATE v. HIGHT.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided October 22, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Larry Salmon, District Attorney, William H. Boggs, Assistant District Attorney, for appellant.

Wade Hoyt, III, for appellee.

QUILLIAN, Presiding Judge.

The state appeals from the grant of a motion of the defendant for dismissal based upon an alleged violation of his right to a speedy trial. Held:

The defendant was arrested for the offense of statutory rape on February 18, 1978. He was indicted on January 15, 1980 and trial was scheduled for February 26, 1980 when defendant filed a motion to dismiss for want of a speedy trial. The length of delay between arrest and indictment...

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