Georgia v. Ross
Annotate this CasePaulo Ross was arrested in December 2004 and indicted in March 2011 for murder in connection with the 2002 shooting death of Quassim Rahman. Ross unsuccessfully moved to dismiss the indictment on the grounds that his constitutional right to a speedy trial had been violated. In January 2013 on motion for reconsideration, the trial court found a violation of Ross's right to a speedy trial and granted his plea in bar. Because there was no material change in the evidentiary posture of this case, the Supreme Court concluded the trial court did not have authority to reconsider its initial order denying Ross's motion to dismiss. Accordingly, the Court reversed.
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