Legal Opinion
Nation v. State of Georgia
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided October 7, 1986No. Civ. A. C 85-4669 APublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
VINING, District Judge.
The petitioner has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, seeking relief from a sentence imposed upon her by the Superior Court of Douglas County, Georgia. Although the magistrate has recommended that the petition be granted, this court, for the reasons given below, declines to adopt the recommendation of the magistrate.
Upon a jury’s finding that the petitioner was guilty of the charge of theft by shoplifting, the trial court sentenced the petitioner to a term of 12 months, to serve 30 days in confinement, with the rest of the…
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