Favors v. State

1. The rule has been laid down by the Supreme Court, and applied by this court, that sentences for criminal offenses “should be certain, definite, and free from ambiguity; and, where the contrary is the case, the benefit of the doubt should be given to the accused.” Dixon v. Baughn, 149 Ga. 86, 87 (99 S. E. 34); Cooley v. Dixon, 149 Ga. 506 (101 S. E. 181); Cross v. Huff, 208 Ga. 392 (67 S. E. 2d 124); Taylor v. State, 84 Ga. App. 852 (67 S. E. 2d 828); Fowler v. State, 85 Ga. App. 876 (70 S. E. 2d 599).

2. Under an application of the foregoing principles of law to the facts of the present…