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DAVIS v. STATE

S19G0394.

838 S.E.2d 233 (2020)

DAVIS, v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: January 27, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer Jayne Campbell , Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit Public Defender, 420 10th Street, Columbus, Georgia 31901, Victoria Lynn Novak , Office of the Public Defender, 420 10th Street, Columbus, Georgia 31901, for Appellant.

Ray Winston Daniel , A.D.A., Julia Anne Fessenden Slater , District Attorney, Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, 100 Tenth Street, Columbus, Georgia 31902-1340, for Appellee.

We granted a petition for certiorari in this case to address whether a detainee who has not yet been indicted can seek to bar his prosecution through a plea in bar on the basis that the statute of limitation for prosecution has expired. We hold that a plea in bar is not proper until an indictment has been filed. Based on the...

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