Baker v. State

Beasley, Presiding Judge.

Appellants bring this appeal from the trial court’s denial of their motion for discharge and acquittal pursuant to OCGA § 17-7-170.

In February 1991, appellants were indicted for the offenses of ag*732gravated assault and aggravated battery. On April 1, 1991, they filed a “Demand For Trial” which read as follows: “Comes now [defendants], by and through their attorney-at-law, Michael B. Perry, before arraignment and demand a speedy trial.” On February 1, 1993, more than two terms after the demand for speedy trial was filed, appellants filed a motion for discharge and…