Georgia Court Of Appeals, (September 18, 1978)
Docket number: 56239
ARGUED
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Judgment affirmed. Bell, C. J., and Shulman, J., concur.

Supreme Court of Georgia - STATE OF GEORGIA v. SASSOON., 240 Ga. 745, 242 S.E.2.d 121 (1977)
Supreme Court of Georgia - RATCLIFF v. THE STATE., 237 Ga. 496, 228 S.E.2.d 879
Supreme Court of Georgia - HUGHES v. THE STATE., 228 Ga. 593, 187 S.E.2.d 135
Georgia Court Of Appeals - The State v. Mcdonald., 146 Ga. App. 83, 245 S.E.2d 446 (1978)
Georgia Court Of Appeals - The State v. Cox Et Al., 140 Ga. App. 30, 230 S.E.2d 87 (1976)
F. Robert Raley, John E. Simmons, for appellant.
The appellant, Terry Hunt, brings this appeal from a conviction and sentence for a violation of the Controlled Substances Act. The sole enumeration of error complains that the trial court erred in refusing to dismiss the indictment based upon an alleged denial of a speedy trial in violation of Code Ann. 27-1901. Held:Hunt was indicted for a violation of the Controlled Substances Act in that he sold a quantity of heroin. After indictment but before trial, he was taken into custody by federal authorities and charged with a violation of federal law. Hunt entered a plea of guilty to that charge and was sentenced and confined pursuant to that sentence in a federal institution. Thereafter, Hunt sought trial upon his state indictment for sale of heroin. Instead of filing a request for trial of the pending indictment as provided by Ga. L. 1972, pp. 938, 939 (Code Ann. 77-504b) (the Interstate Agreement on Detainers), Hunt filed a demand for immediate trial pursuant to the provisions of Code Ann. 27-1901, with his request being accepted by the trial court and noted on the record. Thereafter, the authorized official in the jurisdiction in which the untried indictment was pending (viz., the state prosecutor in Bibb County) filed a request in accordance with the provisions of Code Ann. 77-505b for the release of Hunt for purposes of trial. Hunt was released by federal penal authorities to Bibb County authorities and ultimately was tried and convicted. Code Ann. 77-505b requires that trial be held within 120 days of the arrival of the prisoner in the receiving state. Trial was held well within the 120 days of Hunt's arrival in the jurisdiction of Bibb County, the trying court, but was not within the second term of court following demand as mandated by Code Ann. 27-1901. The state argues that the 120-day period set by Code Ann. 77-505b is controlling and Hunt argues that the shorter period set by Code Ann. 27-1901 is controlling.We do not view the two provisions of law as being inconsistent; both deal with the issue of expeditious trials. In order to invoke the provisions of Code Ann. 27-1901, it is necessary that the defendant move for an immediate trial and that the trial court accept the demand and note the same on the minutes of the court. Thereafter, the state must bring the movant to trial either within that same term of court or no later than the end of the next term of court, provided juries are impaneled and authorized to hear the movant's case. State v. McDonald,