Kennedy v. State

Bernes, Judge.

Dana E. Kennedy entered into a negotiated guilty plea on two counts of burglary and was sentenced as a recidivist. On appeal, he argues that the trial court erred in sentencing him under the general recidivist provisions of OCGA § 17-10-7 (c), 1 as opposed to the specific recidivist provisions of OCGA § 16-7-1 (b). 2 We affirm.

At the time that Kennedy pled guilty to the instant burglary charges, the state introduced certified copies of Kennedy’s four prior convictions. They included two earlier burglary convictions, a theft by taking conviction, and a forgery in the first degree…