Street v. State

Johnson, Judge.

This is a direct appeal from the trial court’s denial of Street’s motion for discharge and acquittal made on the ground that the State had failed to try him within the time prescribed by statute after he filed a demand for trial. See Hubbard v. State, 254 Ga. 694 (333 SE2d 827) (1985); compare Smith v. State, 207 Ga. App. 762 (429 SE2d 149) (1993).

Street was indicted on March 9, 1993, for the offenses of burglary, first degree forgery and theft by taking. After he failed to appear at arraignment on March 19, 1993, the State learned that Street was incarcerated at the Lowndes…