State v. Bowman

2 Citing cases

  1. Bowman v. State

    315 Ga. 707 (Ga. 2023)   Cited 2 times

    More than five years later, the State still had not brought him to trial before 12 citizens sworn by the court or the court clerk to "well and truly try the issue formed upon this bill of indictment ... and a true verdict give according to the evidence," OCGA § 15-12-139, so Bowman filed a motion for discharge and acquittal on speedy trial grounds, which the trial court granted. The State appealed, and in State v. Bowman , 361 Ga. App. 465, 863 S.E.2d 180 (2021), the Court of Appeals reversed, holding that a "trial" by an unsworn group of citizens satisfies the requirements of OCGA § 17-7-170. We granted Bowman's petition for certiorari and now reverse the Court of Appeals’ judgment. 1.

  2. State v. Bowman

    368 Ga. App. 661 (Ga. Ct. App. 2023)

    . 361 Ga. App. 465, 863 S.E.2d 180 (2021).