Gosline v. State

Nat Gosline appeals from the trial court’s denial of his plea in bar, which was based on speedy trial grounds. Because he was incarcerated in Michigan when he filed his statutory demand for speedy trial and during the next term of court, we affirm.

In November 2015, Gosline was charged with aggravated battery and aggravated assault. In February 2016, he filed a statutory demand for speedy trial. Then, in May 2016, Gosline filed a motion for discharge and acquittal pursuant to OCGA § 17-7-170, based on the state’s failure to try him within two terms of court of his demand for speedy trial. The…