State v. Prestia

Pope, Judge.

The State brings this appeal from the trial court’s August 15, 1986 order granting defendant’s motion for acquittal pursuant to OCGA § 17-7-170 (b).

1. In its first challenge to the trial court’s order, the State argues the letter filed by defendant in which his demand for trial pursuant to OCGA § 17-7-170 was stated was insufficient to perfect defendant’s statutory demand for speedy trial. Specifically, the State relies on Rule 36.3 of the Uniform Rules, which provides that documents or pleadings presented for filing must set out “the exact nature of the pleading or the type of…