Carlisle v. State

586 S.E.2d 240 (2003)

277 Ga. 99

CARLISLE

v.

The STATE.

No. S03G0114.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

September 15, 2003.

Brian Steel, Atlanta, for appellant.

Daniel J. Porter, Dist. Atty., David Keith Keeton, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.

THOMPSON, Justice.

We granted certiorari to the Court of Appeals in Carlisle v. State, 257 Ga.App. 282, 570 S.E.2d 616 (2002), to address an issue of first impression, namely whether certain criminal charges which had been the subject of a previous order of nolle prosequi may be revived where those charges have not been reindicted, the term of court in which the nolle…