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JOHNSON v. STATE

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240 Ga. 526 (1978)

242 S.E.2d 53

JOHNSON v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 19, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack H. Affleck, Jr., for appellant.

Harry N. Gordon, District Attorney, B. Thomas Cook, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, William H. Lumpkin, for appellee.

JORDAN, Justice.

The question presented on this certiorari to the Court of Appeals is whether the principles of collateral estoppel and double jeopardy preclude the use of a crime, for which the probationer has been acquitted by a jury, as a ground for revocation of probation. See Johnson v. State, 142 Ga.App. 124 (235 S.E.2d 550) (1977).

The petitioner, while serving a four-year...

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