Benton v. State

314 Ga. 498

FINAL COPY S22G0104. BENTON v. THE STATE. BETHEL, Justice. Georgia law provides that, with certain exceptions not applicable here, any person who has previously been convicted of three felonies shall, upon conviction of a subsequent felony “serve the maximum time provided in the sentence of the judge based upon such conviction and shall not be eligible for parole until the maximum sentence has been served.” OCGA § 17-10-7 (c). Prior to his conviction for aggravated assault in this case, Turner Benton had been found guilty of three other felony offenses. However, for the first of…