State v. Hudson

303 Ga. 348

FINAL COPY S17G0739. THE STATE v. HUDSON. NAHMIAS, Justice. The specific question presented by this case is whether OCGA § 49-4A-9 (e) gives a superior court the authority to reduce the original prison sentence imposed on a defendant who was under age 17 when he committed an armed robbery. Because the discretion given to sentencing courts by OCGA § 49-4A-9 (e) is limited by the mandatory minimum sentence requirements of OCGA § 17- 10-6.1, we hold that the superior court erred in reducing Timothy Hudson’s original prison sentence for armed robbery. We therefore reverse the Court of…