Georgia Statutes
§ 17-7-170 — Demand for speedy trial; service; discharge and acquittal for lack of prosecution; expiration; reversal on direct appeal; mistrial and retrial; special pleas of incompetency
Georgia § 17-7-170
JurisdictionGeorgia
Title17
This text of Georgia § 17-7-170 (Demand for speedy trial; service; discharge and acquittal for lack of prosecution; expiration; reversal on direct appeal; mistrial and retrial; special pleas of incompetency) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Georgia primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Bluebook
O.C.G.A. § 17-7-170 (2026).
Text
(a)Any defendant against whom a true bill of indictment or an accusation is filed with the clerk for an offense not affecting the defendant's life may enter a demand for speedy trial at the court term at which the indictment or accusation is filed or at the next succeeding regular court term thereafter; or, by special permission of the court, the defendant may at any subsequent court term thereafter demand a speedy trial. In either case, the demand for speedy trial shall be filed with the clerk of court and served upon the prosecutor and upon the judge to whom the case is assigned or, if the case is not assigned, upon the chief judge of the court in which the case is pending. A demand for speedy trial filed pursuant to this Code section shall be filed as a separate, distinct, and individu
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Legislative History
Amended by 2011 Ga. Laws 91,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2011. Amended by 2006 Ga. Laws 879,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2006. Amended by 2003 Ga. Laws 26, § 3, eff. 5/14/2003.
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Bluebook (online)
Georgia § 17-7-170, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/ga/17-7-170.