Lee v. State

Pope, Chief Judge.

Defendant appeals from the denial of his plea in bar.

The record shows that on November 13, 1992, a multi-count indictment was returned against the defendant, a correctional officer, charging him with one count of sodomy (Count 1) and eighteen counts of sexual contact with an inmate in violation of OCGA § 16-6-5.1. Counts 2 through 19 of the indictment charged defendant with crimes which were alleged to have been committed outside the applicable four-year statute of limitation contained in OCGA § 17-3-1 (c), but which the State alleged in the indictment were unknown to the…