Richardson v. the State

How courts have described this case

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• Because 3 OCGA § 17-10-6.2 was not in effect when Richardson committed his crimes, the trial court could not apply its provisions when resentencing Richardson
• \[a] crime must be construed and punished according to the provisions of the law existing at the time of its commission\
• OCGA § 17-10-6.2 did not apply in resentencing defendant convicted before the statute went into effect
• “Because OCGA § 17-10-6.2 was not in effect when [Bishop] committed the charged crime[s], the trial court committed no error in failing to apply its provisions[.]”
• “Because OCGA § 17-10-6.2 was not in effect when [the defendant] committed the charged crime[s], the trial court committed no error in failing to apply its provisions[.]”
• “Because OCGA § 17-10-6.2 was not in effect when [the defendant] committed the charged crime[s], the trial court committed no error in failing to apply its provisions[.]”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).