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Forbus and Nicholson v. State

295 S.E.2d 530, 250 Ga. 24, 1982 Ga. LEXIS 977
CourtSupreme Court of Georgia
DecidedOctober 6, 1982
Docket38840
StatusPublished
Cited by7 cases

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Forbus and Nicholson v. State, 295 S.E.2d 530, 250 Ga. 24, 1982 Ga. LEXIS 977 (Ga. 1982).

Opinion

Weltner, Justice.

We granted a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals to consider whether a letter drafted hy counsel for the appellants and delivered to the District Attorney reasonably might be construed as a demand for trial, so as to invoke the provisions of Code Ann. § 27-1901 under the standard of State v. Adamczyk, 162 Ga. App. 288 (290 SE2d 149) (1982). After consideration, we approve the holding in Adamczyk and find it applicable to this case. See Forbus v. State, 162 Ga. App. 307 (290 SE2d 559) (1982). It should be noted that Adamczyk is consistent with our recent holdings in McCarty v. State, 249 Ga. 618 (292 SE2d 700) (1982), State v. Madigan, 249 Ga. 571 (2) (292 SE2d 406) (1982), and State v. Meminger, 249 Ga. 561 (1) (292 SE2d 681) (1982).

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur, except Smith, J., who dissents.

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