Legal Opinion
Preston v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided April 8, 1987No. 44052PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Chief Justice.
The appellant was convicted of one count of theft by receiving stolen property, OCGA § 16-8-8, and one count of giving a false name to a law enforcement officer with the intent of misleading the officer as to his identity. OCGA § 16-10-25. For the theft-by-receiving conviction, he was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment with six years to serve in the penitentiary and four years on probation. He was given a concurrent 12-month sentence for the false-name conviction. His appeal is in this court because he challenges the constitutionality of OCGA § 16-10-25, supra, which…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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