Dale Heard v. State

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia ATLANTA,__________________ April 02, 2013 The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order: A13I0169. DALE HEARD v. THE STATE. Dale Heard filed this application for interlocutory appeal from the superior court’s order denying his motion to dismiss the indictment against him on the basis of OCGA § 16-1-8 (b) (1). The motion was, in substance, a denial of a motion for a plea in bar on double jeopardy grounds, asserting that the crime for which he is indicted should have been charged in a former prosecution of another crime. Such an order is…