Legal Opinion

Ellis v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided April 3, 1996No. A96A0629PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Andrews, Judge.

Charles Harvey Ellis challenges certain conditions imposed by the trial court on the probated portion of his sentence for the offense of child molestation.

1. In sentencing Ellis to probation, the trial court had broad discretion to impose conditions which were reasonably related to the nature and circumstances of the offense and to the rehabilitative goals of the probationary sentence. State v. Collett, 232 Ga. 668, 670 (208 SE2d 472) (1974); Land v. State, 262 Ga. 898, 901 (426 SE2d 370) (1993). The first objected-to condition of probation required that: “Probationer shall not…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. State v. CollettSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
  2. Inman v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1971
  3. Land v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
  4. Davis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1984
  5. Potts v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Hallford v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008
  2. Harrell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
  3. State v. Owen CornellSupreme Court of Vermont · 2016
  4. State v. Thomas GauthierSupreme Court of Vermont · 2016
  5. Caldwell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2014

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