McIver v. State

Beasley, Judge.

Mclver was indicted December 3, 1990, in two counts for selling cocaine in violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act, OCGA § 16-13-30 (b). His motion for discharge under OCGA § 17-7-170, for the State’s alleged failure to try him within two terms following his demand for speedy trial, was denied. The question is whether Mc-Iver’s incarceration in custody of another sovereign extended the time. We hold that it did.

Mclver filed a demand for trial on March 27, 1991, during the court’s February 1991 term. Juries were impaneled and qualified then and until April 4, but…