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BEASLEY v. STATE

No. A00A0333.

536 S.E.2d 825 (2000)

244 Ga. App. 836

BEASLEY v. The STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Certiorari Denied November 13, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

King, King & Jones, David H. Jones, Bernard S. Brody, Atlanta, for appellant.

Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Charles M. Norman, Maria B. Golick, Dana J. Norman, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee.

RUFFIN, Judge.

The statute of limitation for the offense of burglary is four years from the date of the commission of the crime.1 Under OCGA § 17-3-2(2), however, the statute is tolled during any period in which the "person committing the crime is unknown." In this appeal, we must decide whether the State "knows" who has committed a crime simply because it lifts a fingerprint from the crime scene, even though the fingerprint is not...

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