State v. Gerbert

Pope, Presiding Judge.

We consolidated these appeals to consider the trial court’s grant of defendants’ motions for discharge and acquittal pursuant to OCGA § 17-7-170.

1. The State first argues that the court should have denied the motions for discharge because the demands for speedy trial were filed before the formal accusations were filed. The State contends that the *721uniform traffic citations (UTC) against each defendant could not serve as accusations and that even if they could, they were not filed prior to the demands.

Case No. A95A1021

On June 7, 1994, a citation was issued charging Gerbert…