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Stephens v. State

Citations

  • 268 S.E.2d 330
  • 245 Ga. 835
  • 1980 Ga. LEXIS 955

How courts have described this case

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  • “probation time must be credited to any [subsequent] sentence received, including cases involving first offender probation”
  • Because the trial court was not authorized to increase the defendant’s sentence when the probation was revoked, the error is not harmless
  • “[a] defendant who is serving a term on probation is subject to specified terms and conditions. . . . While he is not incarcerated, he is nevertheless suffering some loss of liberty”

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Judges: Clarke, Bowles, Nichols, Marshall

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