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Inman v. State

Citations

  • 183 S.E.2d 413
  • 124 Ga. App. 190
  • 1971 Ga. App. LEXIS 866

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  • holding that double jeopardy barred imposition of a one-year prison term four days after the court orally sentenced the defendant to two years of probation and a fine, where the defendant had already paid the fine and begun serving his probationary term
  • whether change in sentence from two years probation to one year of confinement constituted an increase in punishment does not merit discussion
  • whether change in sentence from two years probation to one year of confinement constituted an increase in punishment does not merit discussion
  • trial court directed to enter original sentence with direction to remove condition of probation that required defendant to maintain a “short haircut”
  • oral sentence was binding once defendant began serving it by meeting with probation officer and paying the fine, and trial court could not resentence defendant to more severe punishment

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Judges: Hall, Eberhardt, Whitman

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