Powe v. State

Bell, Justice.

This opinion concerns the proper interpretation of OCGA § 16-1-7 (b), which states that “[i]f the several crimes arising from the same conduct are known to the proper prosecuting officer at the time of commencing the prosecution and are within the jurisdiction of a single court, they must be prosecuted in a single prosecution. . . .” On direct appeal of this case the Court of Appeals affirmed the superior court’s denial of Powe’s plea in bar to his felony prosecution. We granted certiorari to consider whether § 16-1-7 (b) should apply only to crimes which are actually known to…