Ward, Commissioner v. Carlton

313 Ga. 333

FINAL COPY S21A1088. WARD v. CARLTON. NAHMIAS, Chief Justice. The Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Corrections, Timothy Ward,1 appeals the habeas court’s order granting relief to petitioner Lewis Carlton on the ground that the trial court lacked authority to revoke Carlton’s probation arising from his 2012 convictions by guilty pleas before the probationary period of the criminal sentences began. The Commissioner argues that the trial court was authorized by statute and precedent to revoke Carlton’s probation before it began. Carlton responds that the habeas court was…