{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-7-172","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 17-7-172","heading":"Requirement of announcement by state of readiness for trial prior to announcement by defendant; speedy trial.","body":"The state shall be required in every case to announce ready or not ready for trial, except in those cases where the defendant is entitled by law to demand a speedy trial, before the defendant shall be called on to make such announcement.","path":["TITLE 17 Criminal Procedure","CHAPTER 7 Pretrial Proceedings","Article 7 Demand for Trial; Announcement of Readiness for Trial"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.17.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"9e5ded03f697704371b17d6a246ea4fddf3e6727d04bfaa0089931701796ec39","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-7-171","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-7-190"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}