Bond v. State

Andrews, Presiding Judge.

Kimberly Ann Bond was convicted after a bench trial of felony escape and sentenced to serve one year in custody and five years on probation. On appeal, Bond argues the trial court erred in finding her guilty of felony escape instead of misdemeanor escape. Because Bond’s underlying conviction, robbery by intimidation, was a felony, the trial court properly sentenced her for felony escape under OCGA § 16-10-52 (b) (1).

The underlying facts in this case are undisputed. Bond was first sentenced to seven years after a negotiated plea to robbery by intimidation. The first…