Collins v. the State’s Empirical Analysis

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12 state decisions

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1. “on its face applies only to 'orders revoking probation' "). Accordingly, we have jurisdiction to hear this appeal. 2. Hendrix contends that the trial court erred by revoking his first offender status, adjudicating him guilty, and re-sentencing him on Count 1 because his original probated sentence on that count had run prior to the State moving to revoke his first offender status. (a) "Under the First Offender Act, a person is either exonerated of guilt and stands discharged as a matter of law upon completion of the term of probation ... or adjudicated guilty in a petition filed prior to the expiration of the sentence ... ; the statute does not provide for any other alternative.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. HENDRIX v. the STATE.

2. “[a] first offender's guilty plea does not constitute a "conviction" as that term is defined in the Criminal Code of Georgia. Rather, under the first offender statute, until an adjudication of guilt is entered, there is no conviction. The case has, in effect, been suspended during the period of probation until eventually the probation is either revoked or it is discharged; unless it is revoked, there is no conviction.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. WALKER v. the STATE.

3. “[N]othing in [the first offender statute] expressly provides that a 'discharge' from first-offender probation is not ... automatic, but must be formalized to become effective.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 350 Ga. App. 317 - KINSEY v. the STATE.