Harris v. State.

2 Citing cases

  1. Byrd v. State

    811 S.E.2d 85 (Ga. Ct. App. 2018)   Cited 4 times
    Reiterating that "when the averments of each count refer to a different period of time, each period of time is made an essential averment of the transaction, and each count of the indictment is distinguishable and may be punished separately"

    Id. at 145, 674 S.E.2d 289 (footnote omitted).Harris v. State , 334 Ga. App. 456, 459, 779 S.E.2d 692 (2015) (footnote omitted). The record shows that, on September 24, 2014, the State notified the Appellant that it intended to seek a life sentence if the Appellant was convicted of the charged offenses at trial.

  2. Crews v. State

    356 Ga. App. 647 (Ga. Ct. App. 2020)

    (Citation omitted.) Sutton v. State , 263 Ga. App. 188, 190, 587 S.E.2d 379 (2003) (finding no error where trial court erroneously told defendant that the range of punishment for armed robbery was "10-20 years in prison or life," when in fact, the trial court was required to, and ultimately did, sentence defendant as a recidivist to the maximum life in prison) (punctuation omitted); see generally Harris v. State , 334 Ga. App. 456, 459-460, 779 S.E.2d 692 (2015) (citing Sutton , and collecting similar cases in which defendant was not made aware of mandatory sentence, but knew of possibility of maximum sentence). The trial court in the instant case at no point indicated that it could not sentence Crews to 20 years in prison.