Legal Opinion
State v. Hendrixson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 5, 1984No. 40200PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Weltner, Justice.
Hendrixson was arrested on two occasions for separate sales of cocaine, a controlled substance. She was convicted and sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for the offenses culminating in the first arrest. Thereafter, she was tried and convicted for the second series of offenses. The second conviction resulted in a sentence of imprisonment for life, under the provisions of OCGA § 16-13-30 (d) (Code Ann. § 79A-811).
On appeal, the Court of Appeals vacated the life sentence on the ground that the prior offenses were not set out in the indictment, relying upon Riggins v.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Stephens v. HopperSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
- Black v. CaldwellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
- Hendrixson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
- Johnson v. HopperSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
3Cited by42 opinions
- Armstrong v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
- State v. FreemanCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1991
- Moss v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
- Taylor v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
- Favors v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1987
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