Court Opinion

ID: 9571239
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Date Created: 2023-08-21 20:30:10.260379+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:26:28.396811
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Deen, Presiding Judge,
dissenting.
It would appear that this case is controlled by State v. Lipsky, 191 Ga. App. 842 (383 SE2d 204) (1989), and the follow-up case of State v. Lipsky, 193 Ga. App. 696 (_SE2d —) (1989).
In the former cited case defendant’s demand for trial was filed on February 22, 1988. This court reversed the trial court’s discharge and acquittal as there was no evidence that an accusation had been filed on the date of demand. In the latter cited case we affirmed the trial court’s grant of the motion to dismiss upon renewal of the motion for discharge and acquittal, as the trial court determined at the hearing that the uniform traffic citation was included when the case was received and filed on February 8, 1988. The accusation did exist at the time of the demand. The same does not appear to obtain in the instant case under consideration.