The Supreme Court of Georgia on Thursday announced it will not review a state appellate decision throwing out the felony gambling conviction of a 74-year-old restaurant owner forced into bankruptcy after he was prosecuted for having coin-operated game machines in his establishment.

Macon Circuit District Attorney David Cooke sought to reinstate the felony conviction of Ronnie Bartlett, the owner of the now-defunct Captain Jack’s Crab Shack in Peach County. The high court’s decision to deny Cooke’s petition for a writ of certiorari lets stand the unanimous reversal last year of Bartlett’s 2018 conviction and five-year sentence for having nine coin-operated gaming machines in his restaurant. 

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