Clemmons v. State

Gunter, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for rape. The appellant was indicted under our recidivist statute, Code Ann. § 27-2511. The first count of the indictment charged the appellant with having committed the crime of rape on February 13, 1973. Counts 2 through 6 of the indictment charged appellant with prior felony convictions.

This case was tried in the trial court in October of 1973, prior to this court’s decision in Black v. Caldwell, 231 Ga. 589 (203 SE2d 208) (1974), which held: "We hold that the two-step felony procedure was devised and enacted by the Georgia General…