Ballew v. State

Andrews, Judge.

Ballew pled guilty to possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and possession of alprazolam. In accepting the guilty plea, the trial court expressly approved the reservation of the defendant’s right to appeal the court’s refusal to grant him discharge and acquittal based on the State’s failure to try him within the required time after he filed a demand for trial pursuant to OCGA § 17-7-170. Mims v. State, 201 Ga. App. 277, 278-279 (410 SE2d 824) (1991); Smith v. State, 199 Ga. App. 771 (406 SE2d 118) (1991).

After being charged in October 1991 and indicted in January…