Legal Opinion

DAVIS v. the STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided October 24, 2018No. A18A0901PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Ray, Judge.

*757 Dewey Davis appeals the trial court's partial denial of his plea in bar, arguing that the State may not prosecute him for certain 1996 crimes because the statute of limitation has run. We find, however, that a plea in bar is not the proper mechanism for Davis to challenge his pre-indictment detention and, thus, we affirm.

When we review "a trial court's decision on a plea in bar, we conduct a de novo review of the legal issues. Further, we must accept the trial court's findings on disputed facts and witness credibility unless those findings are clearly erroneous." State v. Bair ,…

Also in this document: Concurrence.

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. United States v. MarionSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Herrera v. CollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  3. United States v. MacDonaldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  4. Simmons v. Georgia Iron & Coal Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1903
  5. Wisdom v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020
  2. Kathryn Schrader v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2022

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