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VELAZQUEZ v. STATE

No. A06A2226.

643 S.E.2d 291 (2007)

VELAZQUEZ v. The STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

March 5, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Billy M. Grantham, Bainbridge, for appellant.

Joseph K. Mulholland, District Attorney, Jeffrey L. Williamson, Charles M. Stines, Gun Ju Pak, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee.

BARNES, Chief Judge.

Rodolfo Lopez Velazquez appeals the sentence of life without parole imposed after he pled guilty1 to the rape of his seven year-old stepdaughter. He contends the trial court did not have authority to impose a sentence of life without parole because the State did not seek the death penalty in his case. We agree.

Our Supreme Court held in State v. Ingram, 266 Ga. 324, 326...

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