Department of Corrections v. Hicks

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

In October 1989, Charles W. Hicks pled guilty to attempted child molestation and was sentenced to ten years probation, one condition being, that probation supervision was not to be terminated before completion of the sentence. In 1992, the legislature enacted OCGA § 17-10-1, which at (a) (2) provides: “Probation supervision shall ter mínate in all cases no later than two years from the commencement of probation supervision unless specially extended or reinstated by the sentencing court... for good cause shown.” Proceedings were filed in Floyd Superior Court to…