Goodwin v. the State

MERCIER, Judge.

Valarie Goodwin was charged by accusation in the Superior Court of Hall County with obtaining a controlled substance by theft (hydrocodone) (Count 1) and misdemeanor theft by taking of trama-dol (Count 2). Following a bench trial, Goodwin was found guilty of both offenses, and she appealed the judgment of conviction and sentence entered on those verdicts. In Goodwin v. State, 336 Ga.App. XXIII (Case No. A15A2213) (March 11, 2016) (unpublished), this Court reversed Goodwin’s conviction on Count 1, because Goodwin had not waived formal indictment of that offense, a felony, and…