Deadwiley v. State

Banke, Presiding Judge.

The appellant, charged in the Superior Court of Greene County, Georgia, with two counts of violating the Georgia Controlled Substances Act, moved for discharge and acquittal based on the state’s failure to try him within two terms after he had filed a demand for trial pursuant to OCGA § 17-7-170. He brings this appeal from the denial of that motion. See generally Hubbard v. State, 254 Ga. 694 (333 SE2d 827) (1985).

The terms of the Superior Court of Greene County, which is part of the Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit (see OCGA § 15-6-1 (28)), commence on the fourth Monday in…