Spargo v. State

ELLINGTON, Presiding Judge.

In 2008, Lonnie Spargo entered a negotiated plea of guilty to two counts of child molestation. The Superior Court of Baker County sentenced Spargo to serve 20 years’ imprisonment, consecutively, as to each count. On December 15, 2014, Spargo filed in the sentencing court a “motion to vacate void sentence,” alleging that OCGA § 17-10-6.2 (b) requires that a person convicted of a sexual offense must receive a split sentence with at least one year of probation. The trial court denied Spargo’s motion, and he appeals. Because binding precedent from this Court supports…