that timeframe, the case is automatically dismissed. and so by filing the motion at the end of this term, the term only goes through the end of august, that means the dea must try mr. chesebro by the end of october. and so what you saw her do was set a date in time that allowed them to strike a jury and join issue, before that deadline would come to pass. what happens if the district attorney does not meet that speedy trial deadline? does the case against the defendant just get dismissed? the statutes is the case is dismissed. joyce vance, the georgia speedy trial law is a force to be reckoned with and now we re going to see donald trump saying i want my case severed from that. fani willis, the last thing she
gwen keyes fleming, let s begin in october 23rd. i want to begin by thanking you for explaining to me the speedy trial rules of georgia many months ago, which, in your explanation, indicated the reason why just journey willis wise pausing or waiting as long as she did to bring the indictment, because she knew she was going to be living under this speedy trial rule. what do you make of the latest developments today in the speedy trial motions and what the judge said about speedy trial? the law in georgia is very clear. when a defendant asked for a speedy trial or makes emotion or makes it a band, he or she must be tried either in the term of court where the motion is filed, or in the succeeding term, the immediate next term. if they are not tried within
capitol at the insurrection in the company of some of the folks who were pushing the big lie. and so, while he may try this defense, the facts may not be very friendly to him here. he may have exceeded his dual role as a lawyer and become more of a participant. and that s something that willis will be able to use against him at trial. because she has this large rico claim. a lot of evidence will come in, and what evidence comes in that trial is ultimately a left to the discretion of the trial judge. and so, as gwen says, there will be a lot of pretrial notions trying to define that. and then once those notions are decided, chesebro will have that final moment where he will have to decide, do i go to trial or do i plead guilty. how do i feel about where we ended up? any copeland, any georgia defense attorney like yourself i m sure would rise to object if the prosecution tried to
preemptive, whether this judge will entertain motions to sever, or if he s putting everyone on this docket now. that was notable language for me. harry litman, do you see any incentive for any other defendant in this case to be asking for a speedy trial? look, the general point here is the incentives have now come apart. then there are chasm s between different defendants. one georgia elector just move to remove tonight saying i get to remove my case because i was ordered to do what i did by federal officials, meaning the trump campaign. there are, yes, strategic reasons you might want to go sooner rather than later, technically it s kind of a chicken game, saying do you have you re going to have to prove this and get it together very quickly. i don t think you can. but the general point that
georgia speedy trial act would impose if she fails to meet that deadline. but what we ve seen here, i think regardless of what chesbrough intended to ulises listed here is a remarkable show of strength by fani willis. all of those months where people were complaining that she was taking too long to get this case indicted, we see what was going on during that time period. she was lining everything, up she s ready to go to trial. amy look copeland, do the other defendants and the other defense council see and advantage to them and having at least one defendant, one other defendant, get a speedy trial so that they can see what the prosecutor has and how the prosecutors intend to prosecute these cases? absolutely, lawrence. i suspect that, if the trial goes forward on october 23rd, you look at the audience and you ll see 1830 attorneys with no patent pens scribbling