Odom v. State

1. Any person indicted for an offense not affecting his life may demand, as a matter of right, a trial at the term when the indictment is found, or at the next term thereafter (Penal Code of 1910, § 983; Dublin v. State, 126 Ga. 580, 55 S.E. 487); and it is the duty of the judge to have the demand placed upon the minutes of the court, provided that a jury qualified to try the defendant is impaneled at the time when the demand is made. This is true even though the defendant may have temporarily absconded or concealed himself from the officers of the law, provided he appeared in court and made…