Campbell v. State

Phipps, Judge.

James Martin Campbell committed crimes in 1990 resulting in convictions on four counts of armed robbery and one count of theft by taking a motor vehicle. In aggravation of punishment, the state showed that Campbell had four prior felony convictions from the state of Kentucky, beginning with a conviction for a theft offense in 1984 and ending with a conviction for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in 1989. As a result of his prior convictions, Campbell was given sentences of life imprisonment without possibility of parole for the robbery convictions under Georgia’s…