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Ewell v. State

Citations

  • 318 Ga. App. 812
  • 734 S.E.2d 792
  • 2012 Fulton County D. Rep. 3923
  • 2012 Ga. App. LEXIS 1005

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  • a defendant must be sentenced under the relevant statutory scheme in place at the time he committed the crime at issue
  • “given . . . the possibility that the offense occurred prior to the 2006 amendment, the life sentence for [aggravated child molestation] was in error.”
  • sentences were ex post facto in application where defendant “was sentenced under a later version of the statute than the one in effect when the crimes were committed”
  • sentences were ex post facto in application where defendant “was sentenced under a later version of the statute than the one in effect when the crimes were committed”

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Judges: Ray

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