became subsection (e), which now provides that “[p]rosecution for misdemeanors shall be commenced within two years after the commission of the crime.” Thus, in addition to the subsection, the only other change was the replacement of “must” with “shall.” See Ga. L. 2012, p. 899, § 4-1. 8 See OCGA § 16-1-3 (14) (“ ‘Prosecution’ means all legal proceedings by which a person’s liability for a crime is determined, commencing with the return of the indictment or the filing of the accusation, and including the final disposition of the case upon appeal.”). 9 See Lee v. State, 289 Ga. 95, 96 (709 SE2d 762) (2011); accord Wooten v. State, 240 Ga. App. 725, 726 (2) (524 SE2d 776) (1999). 10 See former OCGA § 17-3-1 (d). 11 See Prindle v. State, 240 Ga. App. 461, 461-62 (1) (523 SE2d 44) (1999) (<HOLDING>); Thomas v. State, 233 Ga. App. 224, 225 (1)
holding that congress intended that the mandatory terms of 20 years each for second and subsequent offenses required by section 924c1c be imposed even if all of the offenses were charged in the same indictment holding that apprendi was not triggered because the defendants were sentenced to terms of imprisonment that were within the maximum penalties for the rico offenses that they were found guilty of committing holding that the litigation privilege did not preclude a malicious prosecution claim where the accusatorial statements that led to the plaintiffs arrest were made before the charges against him were filed and were not made during and were unrelated to the judicial proceeding holding that a complaint filed within three years of an accident complied with the michigan court rules and was not barred by the statute of limitations even though service was made more than three years after the accident holding that defendants prosecution on dui charges was not timeharred even though amended accusations were filed more than two years after offenses were committed because original citations pertaining to the same offenses and conduct were filed prior to the statute of limitations expiration