Riley v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Via indictment, dated September 5, 1990, defendant was charged with child molestation. Thereafter, on September 28, 1990, defendant’s counsel, the public defender, filed a demand for trial pursuant to OCGA § 17-7-170. The demand was one of more than one hundred demands filed by the public defender’s office. Two days later, the Chief Assistant District Attorney called the “demand” cases for trial in open court. The defendant’s case was one of the cases called. It did not appear on the trial calendar; but the public defender was present in court. He objected to the…