Tarvestad v. State

409 S.E.2d 513 (1991)

261 Ga. 605

TARVESTAD

v.

The STATE.

No. S91G0872.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

October 18, 1991.

Billy L. Spruell, Brian M. Dubuc, Spruell & Dubuc, P.C., Atlanta, for Tarvestad.

Thomas C. Lawler, III, Dist. Atty., Lawrenceville, Allyson Fritz, Debra K. Turner, Asst. Dist. Attys., Lawrenceville, for the State.

FLETCHER, Justice.

Ronald Eugene Tarvestad was convicted of being a habitual violator under OCGA § 40-5-58. The Court of Appeals affirmed. Tarvestad v. State, 198 Ga.App. 863, 403 S.E.2d 446 (1991). We granted a writ of certiorari to consider whether the trial judge should have…