Georgia Code
Article 7 - Demand for Trial; Announcement of Readiness for Trial
§ 17-7-171. Time for Demand for Speedy Trial in Capital Cases; Discharge and Acquittal When No Trial Held Before End of Two Court Terms of Demand; Counting of Terms in Cases in Which Death Penalty Is Sought; Special Pleas of Incompetency

History. Ga. L. 1952, p. 299, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1983, p. 452, § 3; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1437, § 3; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 17; Ga. L. 2006, p. 893, § 2/HB 1421; Ga. L. 2011, p. 372, § 4/HB 421.
Cross references.
Requests by inmates for final disposition of indictments or accusations pending against the inmates, § 42-6-3 .
Law reviews.
For annual survey of criminal law, see 57 Mercer L. Rev. 113 (2005); 58 Mercer L. Rev. 83 (2006).
For annual survey on the death penalty, see 64 Mercer L. Rev. 109 (2012).

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