Hinton v. State of Ga

In Hinton v. State of Ga., 224 Ga. App. 49 (479 SE2d 424) (1996), the Court addressed a situation strikingly similar to the one before us. On appeal from an order of forfeiture of his pickup truck, the appellant argued that the trial court erred in failing to grant his motion to dismiss based on the failure to hold an evidentiary hearing within 60 days of the date he was served with the State's complaint. Id. at 51 (3). The appellant acknowledged that the State had attempted to schedule the hearing 43 days after service. Id. On that date, the trial court signed an order finding good cause for a continuance "due to the Court's crowded docket." Id. The Court agreed that this was "good cause for continuing the hearing." Id.