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SIKES v. STATE

No. S96G1546.

485 S.E.2d 206 (1997)

268 Ga. 19

SIKES v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

May 12, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frances Cullen, Marcus & Cullen, Debra Blum, Georgia Indigent Defense Council, James C. Bonner, Jr., Atlanta, for Sikes.

David McDade, District Attorney, William H. McClain, Assistant District Attorney, Douglasville, for State.

Torin D. Togut, Georgia Legal Services, Lisa J. Krisher, Phyllis J. Holmen, Susan C. Jamieson, Atlanta, amici curiae.

SEARS, Justice.

The issue presented by this granted certiorari1 concerns the proper interplay between the first and third sentences of OCGA § 17-7-131(e)(5)(B). The need to clarify the interplay between these sentences arises when a defendant who has been found not guilty by reason of insanity and who has been ordered to undergo involuntary inpatient treatment successfully completes a conditional release program ordered by a trial...

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