Legal Opinion
Bishop v. the State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided June 6, 2017No. A17A0569Published
1Opinion of the Court
FIFTH DIVISION MCFADDEN, P. J., BRANCH and BETHEL, JJ. NOTICE: Motions for reconsideration must be physically received in our clerk’s office within ten days of the date of decision to be deemed timely filed. http://www.gaappeals.us/rules June 6, 2017 In the Court of Appeals of Georgia A17A0569. BISHOP v. THE STATE. BRANCH, Judge. In 2015, fifteen years after her conviction for possession of cocaine, Danielle Bishop filed a petition for the retroactive grant of first offender status under subsection (d) of OCGA § 42-8-66, a procedure which was added to the statute in 2015 and became effective…
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