Kersey v. State

Pope, Judge.

This appeal is from the trial court’s denial of appellant’s motion for discharge and acquittal, brought pursuant to OCGA § 17-7-170 (b). On April 1, 1988, appellant was charged with improper lane change, driving on a suspended license and driving under the influence. On April 20, 1988, the State filed its accusation against appellant on these charges in the State Court of Glynn County. During a court appearance on May 19, 1988, appellant filed a document in which he referred to OCGA § 17-7-170 and demanded that his case be tried “in this term or the next succeeding term of Court.”…