Wilson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. “[a]lthough the situation in this case would fall within the ambit of the current statute, which became effective July 1, 2006, while Wilson's appeal from the affirmance of his conviction by the Court of Appeals was pending before this Court, see Ga. L. 2006, p. 379, § 11/HB 1059, the Legislature expressly chose not to allow the provisions of the new amendments to affect persons convicted under the previous version of the statute. See id. at § 30(c). Accordingly, while I am very sympathetic to Wilson's argument regarding the injustice of sentencing this promising young man with good grades and no criminal history to ten years in prison without parole and a lifetime registration as a sexual offender because he engaged in consensual oral sex with a 15-year-old victim only two years his junior, this Court is bound by the Legislature's determination that young persons in Wilson's situation are not entitled to the misdemeanor treatment now accorded to identical behavior under OCGA § 16-6-4(d) (2). (Emphasis supplied.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Humphrey v. Wilson

2. “18 years of age or younger and is no more than four years older than the victim,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Humphrey v. Wilson