Lawrence v. State

492 S.E.2d 727 (1997)

228 Ga. App. 745

LAWRENCE

v.

The STATE.

No. A97A1695.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

October 7, 1997.

Steven M. Reilly, Lawrenceville, for appellant.

Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, Rodney K. Miles, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

BEASLEY, Judge.

Finding Jeffrey Lawrence had not met the terms of his probation and had committed two new violent misdemeanors, the court revoked the remaining four and one-half years of his probation. Lawrence appeals on the ground that OCGA § 42-8-34.1(b) limits to two years the amount of probation a court may revoke. But where one basis…