Legal Opinion
AUSTIN v. the STATE.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided October 5, 2017No. A17A1151PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Rickman, Judge.
*118 Gordon Austin appeals the lower court's denial of his petition to seal records pursuant to OCGA § 42-8-62.1, Georgia's statute limiting public access to first offender records in the custody of the clerk of court. Finding no error in the trial court's judgment, we affirm.
The record reflects the following. On August 6, 2009, in the Superior Court of Carroll County, Austin, a dentist, entered a negotiated plea of guilty pursuant to North Carolina v. Alford 1 and Georgia's first offender law, OCGA § 42-8-60 2 et seq., to six misdemeanor *119 counts of theft by taking in connection…
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- Graydon v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012
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