Bradshaw v. State

BENHAM, Justice.

Cedric Lavell Bradshaw was found guilty in a bench trial of failing to register as a convicted sex offender in that he had failed to provide his valid current address within 72 hours of changing his address. OCGA § 42-1-12 (f). It being his second violation of the registration law/ a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment was imposed. See OCGA § 42-1-12 (n). Prior to his bench trial, appellant filed a motion to dismiss the indictment on the ground that the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment for a second conviction of failing to register constituted cruel and unusual…