Legal Opinion
Lewis v. the State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided October 29, 2014No. A14A1320PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ray, Judge.
Crawford Lewis, Patricia Reid, and Anthony Pope were indicted and charged with violating Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act (OCGA § 16-14-4) and felony theft by taking (OCGA § 16-8-2). As part of a negotiated plea agreement, the State agreed to dismiss the RICO and related theft charges against Lewis in exchange for his guilty plea to one misdemeanor count of hindering and obstructing a law enforcement officer (OCGA § 16-10-24 (a)), conditioned upon Lewis testifying truthfully at the trial against his co-defendants. Lewis entered his negotiated plea…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Dowdy v. PalmourSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
- Fugitt v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
- Ramirez v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2005
- Newton v. GOLDEN GROVE PECAN FARMCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2011
3Cited by4 opinions
- Kelley v. the StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2015
- State v. LewisSupreme Court of Georgia · 2015
- State v. ReidCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2015
- State v. Patricia ReidCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2015