Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 10, 2006No. A05A2319PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ANDREWS, Presiding Judge.

A jury found Immanuel Williams guilty of voluntary manslaughter and the trial court sentenced him initially to fifteen years with twelve to serve and three years probated. Williams filed a motion to modify the sentence, and the court resentenced him to twenty years to serve nine, and eleven years probated. In Williams v. State, 273 Ga. App. 42 (614 SE2d 146) (2005), Williams appealed that modification, arguing that the court had actually increased his sentence and this constituted double jeopardy. This Court agreed. See id. at 47, in which *842this Court vacated…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Roulain v. MartinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
  3. Anthony v. HopperSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  4. Williams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2005
  5. Day v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2000

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Pierce v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2006
  2. Thomas v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2024

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