McKnight v. State

215 Ga. App. 899 (1994)

McKNIGHT

v.

THE STATE.

A94A1866.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided December 5, 1994.

Reconsideration Denied December 20, 1994.

John T. Strauss, for appellant.

Alan A. Cook, District Attorney, for appellee.

Defendant was charged in two indictments for separate acts of selling marijuana during the April 1993 term of the Newton County Superior Court. Defendant filed a demand for trial during the next term of court (July 1993 term), seeking "a trial by jury . .. at the present July Term of this Court or the next succeeding term[, i.e., the October 1993 term of court]." OCGA §…