Bighams v. State

How courts have described this case

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• holding that if a defendant waives arraignment, OCGA § 17-7-110’s deadline runs from the date that the waiver of arraignment is filed
• holding that if a defendant waives arraignment, § 17-7-110’s deadline runs from the date that the waiver of arraignment is filed
• “An indictment charging aggravated assault must allege the element that aggravates the crime above a simple assault, in this case the use of a deadly weapon or dangerous object.”
• “[B]ecause a defendant can be re-indicted after the grant of a special demurrer, a failure to file such a demurrer generally will not support a finding of ineffective assistance of counsel.” (citation and punctuation omitted)
• because a defendant can be re-indicted after the grant of a special demurrer, the failure to file such a general demurrer generally will not support a finding of ineffective assistance of counsel
• “[T]o be cognizable, most attacks on an indictment, including a challenge to the composition of the grand jury that returned it, must be brought within ten days of arraignment, unless the trial court extends that deadline.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).