Derechos del acusado ante una demanda de juicio rápido en Georgia

Explicación Simple

Si pides que tu juicio sea rápido, no siempre significa que ganarás si se decide no llevarte a juicio después. Solo si la corte no te juzga a tiempo, puedes ser liberado automáticamente de los cargos.

Es como si estuvieras esperando a que te sirvan en un restaurante. Si pides tu comida y no te la traen a tiempo, puedes irte sin pagar. Pero si el mesero simplemente decide no traerte la comida, no puedes irte sin pagar.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan es acusado de un delito y pide un juicio rápido. Si el juicio no se lleva a cabo en la primera fecha programada y luego el estado decide no continuar con el caso, Juan podría ser liberado. Sin embargo, si hay un nuevo cargo en otra fecha y no se cumple su demanda original, eso no le garantiza que sea liberado de ese nuevo cargo.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

on the merits of the defendant's motion for autrefois acquit on the basis of any intervening nolle prosequi is deemed a final and appealable determination by the court. Ciprotti v. State, 187 Ga. App. 61 , 369 S.E.2d 337 (1988); State v. Daniels, 206 Ga. App. 443 , 425 S.E.2d 366 (1992). Defendant who has filed a demand for a speedy trial in one term of court is not automatically acquitted if the indictment is thereafter nolle prosequi in the next succeeding term. It is the state's failure to try a defendant pursuant to the defendant's original demand for a speedy trial, not the subsequent entry of a nolle prosequi, that results in an automatic acquittal. Knight v. State, 197 Ga. App. 250 , 398 S.E.2d 202 (1990); State v. Daniels, 206 Ga. App. 443 , 425 S.E.2d 366 (1992). Although the defendant was entitled to discharge and acquittal of charges set forth in a first indictment (subsequently nolle prossed) and repeated in reindictment, the speedy trial demand directed at the first indictment was ineffective as to a new count added by the reindictment. State v. Daniels, 206 Ga. App. 443 , 425 S.E.2d 366 (1992). Nolle prosequi does not bar benefits. - Inasmuch as more than two terms of court passed since the defendant filed a demand for trial and juries were impaneled for the purpose of trying criminal cases during each of those terms, the defendant is entitled to a discharge and acquittal because the entry of the nolle prosequi did not prevent the defendant from claiming the ben