Legal Opinion
Harper v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided March 20, 1992No. A91A1774PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Johnson, Judge.
The appellant was charged in a single indictment with armed robbery and several other offenses. At the time of his arraignment he *776filed a demand for trial “within the next succeeding term . . . under OCGA § 17-7-170. . . .” The next succeeding term expired without his being tried, and during the following term he filed a motion for discharge and acquittal. The trial judge denied the motion based on a determination that OCGA § 17-7-171 was applicable to the case rather than OCGA § 17-7-170; and this appeal followed.
Under OCGA § 17-7-170 (b), a person charged by indictment or…
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