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Paul Wayne Harrison appeals the denial of his plea in bar, alleging that a delay between his arrest and indictment violated his speedy trial rights under the Georgia Constitution and the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution. He seeks acquittal and dismissal of an eight-count indictment charging him with, inter alia, rape and aggravated child molestation, arguing that the trial court erred in its application of the factors outlined by the United States Supreme Court in Barker v. Wingo 1 when it found that he had not been subjected to oppressive pretrial incarceration and had failed to show prejudice to his legal defense. Because the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the plea in bar, we affirm. “We review the trial court’s denial of a motion to dismiss an indictment on speedy trial grounds for abuse of discretion and defer to the trial court’s findings of fact and its weighing of disputed facts.”2

So viewed, the evidence shows that Harrison was arrested in Florida, then extradited to and arrested in Mississippi on November 29, 2006, after his ex-girlfriend alleged, in a meeting with an investigator for the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office, that he had sexually abused her young daughter both at her home in Hinds County, Mississippi, and at his home in Forsyth County, Georgia. On December 6, 2006, while Harrison still was incarcerated in Mississippi, the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office completed its investigation of him and the following day posted warrants for his arrest on charges related to the same victim, but separate from the Mississippi charges and asked Hinds County officials to place a “hold” on him.

 
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