Legal Opinion

Sellers v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 15, 1963No. 39800Published

1Opinion of the Court

107 Ga. App. 516 (1963)

130 S.E.2d 790

SELLERS

v.

THE STATE.

39800.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided March 15, 1963.

Rehearing Denied March 28, 1963.

Kimzey & Kimzey, Herbert Kimzey, for plaintiff in error.

Ollie M. Stowe, Solicitor, contra.

JORDAN, Judge.

The only question before us is whether the evidence in this case is sufficient to authorize the revocation of a probationary sentence under Code Ann. § 27-2713.

"Probation is granted as a privilege, and not as a matter of right; and the revocation of the probation is punishment for the crime for which the defendant was convicted in the first…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited73 opinions

  1. Escoe v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  2. Burns v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  3. Pennsylvania Railroad v. ChamberlainSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
  4. Patton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
  5. Lankford v. HoltonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1938

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