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  • Parham v. The State

    Publication Date: 2017-09-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leigh Webster (Strickland Webster LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amelia Pray (District Attorney's Office, Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta; D. Reynolds (District Attorney), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1663

    The Court affirmed defendant's convictions and sentences for two counts of theft by deception, finding that the trial court was authorized to sentence defendant under the general recidivist statute, O.C.G.A. 17-10-7 subsection (a) and subsection (c), rather than solely under the more specific recidivist provision applicable to theft-by-deception convictions, based on defendant's prior felony convictions.