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State asks appeals court to reverse dismissal after trial court found speedy-trial violation
Summary
At a May 13, 2024 appellate hearing, the State urged reversal of a trial-court order that dismissed an indictment with prejudice after finding a speedy-trial violation, arguing the delay was driven by forensic testing and efforts to secure a material witness and that the defendant showed no demonstrable prejudice.
COURT OF APPEALS — At an appellate hearing on May 13, 2024, Courtney Orr, representing the State, asked a three-judge panel to reverse a trial-court order that dismissed an indictment with prejudice after the court found the defendant’s right to a speedy trial had been violated.
Orr told the panel the defendant was arrested in May 2022 and the grand jury returned an indictment in September 2022 charging especially aggravated kidnapping, aggravated [redacted], and three counts of aggravated assault. She said a substantial portion of the delay — about six months — resulted from forensic testing conducted by the TBI, and that prosecutors repeatedly tried to locate and secure a material witness for trial. "The trial…
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