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STATE v. BUCKNER

No. S12A1981.

738 S.E.2d 65 (2013)

292 Ga. 390

The STATE v. BUCKNER.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

February 4, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry Chisolm , Dist. Atty., Diane Morrell McLeod , Savannah, David E. Perry , Chief Asst. Dist. Atty., Office Of the District Attorney, Paula Khristian Smith, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Samuel S. Olens , Atty. Gen., Department Of Law, for appellant.

Amy Lee Ihrig , Office of the Public Defender, Savannah, Jason Randall Clark , Jason Clark, P.C., Brunswick, Newell McAfee Hamilton, Jr. , Georgia Capital Defender, Brunswick, for appellee.

BLACKWELL, Justice.

In December 2007, Bobby Lavon Buckner was indicted in Chatham County for the kidnapping, molestation, and murder of 12-year-old Ashleigh Moore. Four years later, Buckner still had not been brought to trial, so he filed a motion to dismiss his indictment, arguing that he had been denied his constitutional right to a speedy trial. Following a hearing, the trial court concluded that Buckner had been denied his right to a speedy trial, and it reluctantly...

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