State v. Wright

McMURRAY, Presiding Judge.

The State filed this appeal after the trial court granted defendant’s motion for discharge and acquittal filed pursuant to OCGA § 17-7-170 (b). Dismissing the State’s assertion that defendant’s demand for trial is deficient because it is captioned with an inaccurate indictment number, the trial court found that the demand “sufficiently identifies the particular charge to which the demand relates so as to place the state on fair notice.” We affirm because the circumstances reveal that, notwithstanding an inaccurate indictment number, defendant’s demand fully apprised…