State v. Hanna

In the Supreme Court of Georgia Decided: February 4, 2019 S18A1559. THE STATE v. HANNA. BOGGS, Justice. The State appeals from the trial court’s judgment of conviction and sentence imposed on Tina Marie Hanna after her plea of guilty to felony murder and related crimes, contending that the sentence is illegal and void because the trial court improperly sentenced Hanna on the basis of the “rule of lenity.” The rule of lenity, however, is not implicated in this case, because the trial court erred in sentencing Hanna for an offense which was not charged and to which she did not plead guilty. We…