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HEARD v. STATE

No. S14A0563.

761 S.E.2d 314 (2014)

295 Ga. 559

HEARD v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

July 11, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dell Jackson, Decatur, for appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Dep. Atty. Gen., Paula Khristian Smith, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Samuel S. Olens, Atty. Gen., Ryan A. Kolb, Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Atlanta, Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Asst. Dist. Atty., Clayton County District Attorney's Office, Jonesboro, Robert D. James, Jr., Dist. Atty., Dekalb County District Attorney's Office, Decatur, for appellee.

NAHMIAS, Justice.

Derrick Heard appeals his conviction for the murder of Robert Ledbetter. Appellant contends that his constitutional right to a speedy trial was violated; that the trial court erred by allowing two of the State's peremptory strikes; and that the court erred by preventing him from introducing certain evidence about Ledbetter. We affirm.1

1. The evidence at trial, viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict...

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