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State of Georgia v. Trump and frens
Weeks ago, defendant Chesebro demanded a speedy trial. Under Georgia law, if a defendant demands a speedy trial, it means they must go to trial at the next available term when a jury can be seated or else they will be acquitted of all charges. Powell has also demanded a speedy trial.
Chesebro’s trial was then scheduled for Oct 23rd.
A consequence of this action is that those filing for speedy trial will have their cases severed from the other defendants, who have not demanded a speedy trial.
Today, DA Willis told the court that it is the State’s position that ALL the defendants should be trialed on the same day and that anyone else filing for a speedy trial should be scheduled on Oct 23rd with Chesebro.
DA Willis also raised the issue of severance and noted that the court hasn’t severed any cases as of yet and asks for clarification on the issue. Additionally, she asks for a deadline be put in place for in severance filings as well as a hearing.
This is all pretty interesting for a few reasons:
-Speedy trial is literally accelerationism. Could be a number of both simple and complex reasons for such a move.
-DA Willis REALLY wants to keep the defendants together, even if that means speeding up the trials for ALL of them. Obvious reasons for that are 1) she doesn’t want to preview the case to the other defendants via a trial of just one or two of them, 2) she wants that big headline showing that she is taking them all to trial and then later a conviction for all of them at once, and 3) she probably has a stronger case against some than she does others. Keeping them all together dirties them ALL up, optically and narratively anyway,
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23931368-23sc188947-motion-4
