Grogan v. State

Doyle, Judge.

A Hall County jury found Anthony L. Grogan guilty of family violence battery, 1 for which'he was sentenced to a term of five years, with three years to serve in confinement, based on a recidivism provision in the battery statute addressing family violence. 2 Grogan appeals, contending that the trial court erroneously enhanced his family violence battery sentence from a misdemeanor to a felony based on a previous conviction of family violence battery. Specifically, Grogan argues that the previous conviction (arising from a guilty plea) was based on a defective indictment that…