Legal Opinion
Armstrong v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 16, 1994No. S93G1827PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Thompson, Justice.
Defendant was convicted for the sale of crack cocaine and sentenced to life imprisonment in accordance with OCGA § 16-13-30 (d). On appeal to the Court of Appeals, defendant asserted the state did not give him notice pursuant to OCGA § 17-10-2 (a) that it intended to use his prior drug conviction in aggravation of punishment. The Court of Appeals affirmed, holding that the state need not give a re peat drug offender notice that it plans to use a prior drug conviction in aggravation. Armstrong v. State, 209 Ga. App. 796 (434 SE2d 560) (1993). In a special concurrence, three…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Roberts v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
- McDuffie v. JonesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
- State v. HendrixsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
- Herring v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
- Moss v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
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3Cited by36 opinions
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- Hatcher v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
- Young v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2012
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