Green v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “[A]t the time of the escape in this case, Green was in jail following his arrest on an alleged parole violation. He had not been charged with any other crime. Moreover, it is undisputed that there had been no hearing on Green’s alleged parole violation, no determination that Green had, in fact, violated his parole, and no revocation of his parole prior to his escape attempt. Therefore, Green was in custody due to an alleged parole violation, not because he had been convicted of a felony. [[Image here]] [I]t seems clear that Green was entitled to a hearing to determine whether he had, in fact, violated his parole and whether his parole should be revoked. Because no such hearing had been conducted at the time Green attempted to escape, Green’s incarceration in the Screven County jail was based solely upon an alleged parole violation, not his prior felony convictions. See Smith v. State, 154 Ga.App. at 609, 269 S.E.2d 100 . Accordingly, the trial court erred in imposing a felony sentence for Green’s attempted escape.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 61 So. 3d 747 - State v. Langley