State v. Slaughter
Annotate this CaseAppellee was convicted of numerous felonies stemming from a 1993 bank robbery and was sentenced as a recidivist for life in prison and a number of years to serve consecutively, all without parole. At issue was whether the Court of Appeals erred when it held that the ruling in King v. State was applicable in cases where the defendant had been convicted of firearm possession under OCGA 16-11-131 and where the State had sought sentence enhancement under OCGA 17-10-7. The court held that since the sentencing range in OCGA 16-11-131 was not eviscerated by the application of OCGA 17-10-7(c), there was no basis to extend the holding in King to that subsection. Accordingly, the judgment of the Court of Appeals was reversed.
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