Falagian v. State

Miller, Chief Judge.

Following his arrest in 2003, Jorge Falagian was indicted in Fulton County Superior Court on three counts of theft by taking (OCGA § 16-8-2). More than four and a half years after his arrest, Falagian filed a motion seeking dismissal of the charges on the basis that the State violated his Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial, and also filed demurrers and a plea in abatement to the indictment. Falagian appeals from the trial court’s order denying his motion to dismiss, demurrers, and plea in abatement, arguing that the trial court erred in (i) failing to consider the…