Hanson v. State

Cooper, Judge.

Appellant was indicted for burglary and recidivism. He filed a pro se demand for trial pursuant to OCGA § 17-7-170 and subsequently moved to dismiss the charges on the ground that he had not been tried within the next succeeding term of court after his demand for trial. The trial court overruled the motion finding that the demand had been improperly filed. Appellant was tried before a jury and found guilty of both offenses. He appeals from the judgment of conviction and sentence entered by the trial court on the jury’s verdict.

1. Appellant enumerates as error the trial court’s…