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  • Underwood v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-03-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Justice Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Mitchell (Attorney at Law), Augusta; Muneer Awad (Georgia Public Defenders Standard Council), Augusta; Alicia LeCroy (Office of the Public Defender - Augusta Judicial Circuit), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Smith (District Attorney's Office Augusta Judicial Circuit), Augusta; Henry Syms (Office of the District Attorney), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1768

    The Court affirmed defendant's convictions for two counts of child molestation for acts he committed against his step-granddaughter but vacated his sentence and remanded for resentencing because the trial court erred in failing to impose a split sentence as required by O.C.G.A. § 17-10-6.2 (b).