Legal Opinion
Butler v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 20, 2006No. S06G0786PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUNSTEIN, Presiding Justice.
We granted certiorari in this case to consider whether the Court ofAppeals was correct when it affirmed the trial court’s sentencing of Mack Butler to life imprisonment without parole as a recidivist under bothOCGA§ 16-13-30 (d) and OCGA§ 17-10-7 (c).See Butler v. State, 277 Ga. App. 57 (4) (625 SE2d 458) (2005). For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
Butler was indicted on a charge of violating the Georgia Controlled Substances Act based on his July 22, 1994 sale of a $20 piece of cocaine to an undercover police officer. See OCGA § 16-13-30 (b). The State filed…
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