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Ex. GA-053 Order Primary source read

Order Granting Relief from Statutory Speedy Trial Requirements Pursuant to O.C.G.A. 38-3-62(b)

Speedy-trial tolling order following the statewide judicial emergency (Dougherty County)

Superior Court of Dougherty County · Georgia (Dougherty Judicial Circuit; Dougherty County / Albany) (Court)

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Jurisdiction
Georgia (Dougherty Judicial Circuit; Dougherty County / Albany) · Georgia
Level
Court
Authority
O.C.G.A. 38-3-62(b)
Issued
2021-07-16 July 16, 2021
Effective
2021-07-16
End
2022-03-14
In force
July 16, 2021 to Mar. 14, 2022
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Courts and public offices
Addressees
  • courts, prosecutors, defendants and counsel in Dougherty County
Functions reached
  • CT courts
  • CB legal-services clients
Collection
Georgia GA

Operative words

this Order is issued on this day 16th of July, 2021, and it shall terminate on the 14th day of March, 2022... [certification:] The pending criminal case volume in the Superior Court of Dougherty [County has grown during the] applicable judicial emergency... The State Court has only one courtroom for jury trials

Enforcement

Court order under 38-3-62(b)

Notes

Albany, the site of Georgia's first major outbreak (March 2020), still under judicial-emergency relief in Q3 2021.

Retrieval note

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