SEARS, Chief Justice.
In this habeas action, we granted an application for certificate of probable cause to consider whether a sentencing court's oral warning to a defendant of the consequences of violating a special condition of probation substantially complies with the statutory requirement of OCGA § 42-8-34.1(a)(2) that the sentencing court give the warning in writing in the court's sentence. For the reasons that follow, we conclude that an oral warning does...
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