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Johnson v. State

Citations

  • 573 S.E.2d 362
  • 276 Ga. 57
  • 2002 Fulton County D. Rep. 3563
  • 2002 Ga. LEXIS 1035

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  • “[W]e are unable to say that the societal consensus in Georgia or the United States opposes sentencing youthful offenders convicted of violent offenses to long terms of incarceration.”
  • “[T]he trial court did not err when it declined to inform the jury that, should he be found guilty, appellant faced a minimum sentence of ten years’ imprisonment.”

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Judges: Benham, Sears, Hunstein, Carley, Thompson

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