Legal Opinion
State v. Collett
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 4, 1974No. 28967PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ingram, Justice.
Certiorari was granted to review a 5-4 decision of the Court of Appeals in which the majority concluded that banishment of the defendant from seven counties in Georgia, imposed as a condition for suspension of a sentence by the trial court, violates the public policy of the state. We have determined the decision by the Court of Appeals must be reversed.
The 1945 Georgia Constitution (Code Ann. § 2-107) expressly forbids banishment beyond the limits of the state. This provision was placed in the 1877 Constitution of Georgia and subsequently included in the present Constitution…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Inman v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1971
- Cross v. HuffSupreme Court of Georgia · 1951
- Gay v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1960
- Falkenhainer v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1970
- O'QUINN v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1970
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3Cited by63 opinions
- Michael Stevens Owens v. Asa D. Kelley, Jr., Etc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Decker v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
- Smith v. BaptisteSupreme Court of Georgia · 2010
- State v. MorganSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
- Reeves v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1999
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