State v. Hammonds

Ray, Judge.

The State appeals the trial court’s grant of Kristen Ann Hammonds’s motion to dismiss and quash the indictment which charged Hammonds with six counts of sexual assault against a person in custody in violation of OCGA § 16-6-5.1 (b) (1). For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

“We begin by noting that the interpretation of a statute is a question of law, which is reviewed de novo on appeal. Because the trial court’s ruling on a legal question is not due any deference, we apply the ‘plain legal error’ standard of review.” (Citation and punctuation omitted.) Frix v. State, 298 Ga. App.…