Legal Opinion
State v. Green
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided February 22, 2011No. A10A1673PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHIPPS, Presiding Judge.
The state appeals from the trial court’s order vacating Charlton Green’s ten-year-old sodomy conviction. Because Green was not entitled to such relief, we reverse.
When a question of law is at issue, as here, we review the trial court’s ruling de novo and reverse if the court committed legal error.
In 1997, Green pled guilty to sodomy and other offenses and was sentenced as a first offender, which sentence included probation. In January 1999, after violating the terms of his probation, Green was convicted of and sentenced for sodomy and other offenses. Green was then…
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