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THORPE v. STATE

No. A01A1001.

553 S.E.2d 171 (2001)

251 Ga. App. 334

THORPE v. The STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied August 23, 2001.

Certiorari Denied January 10, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Virgil L. Brown & Associates, Virgil L. Brown, Eric D. Hearn, Zebulon, for appellant.

Richard G. Milam, District Attorney, for appellee.

POPE, Presiding Judge.

Roberto Thorpe entered a guilty plea in federal court to possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. The court accepted the plea but postponed sentencing. Lamar County then indicted Thorpe for trafficking in cocaine arising out of the same set of facts, and, as a result, federal authorities dismissed their case against him. Thorpe then filed a plea in bar in the state action, arguing that OCGA § 16-1-8 mandates that that action is...

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