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STATE v. RIGGS

S16G1166.

799 S.E.2d 770 (2017)

The STATE v. RIGGS.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: May 1, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lyndsey Hurst Rudder , Deputy D.A., FULTON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, 136 Pryor Street, 4th Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30306, Christine Sieger Barker , A.D.A., Margaret Ellen Heap , District Attorney, OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY EASTERN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, P.O. Box 2309, Savannah, Georgia 31402, for Appellant.

Darren David Riggs , GDC# 967762, WARE STATE PRISON, 3620 N. Harris Rd., Waycross, Georgia 31503, for Appellee.

Brandon Alexander Bullard , GEORGIA PUBLIC DEFENDER COUNCIL, 104 Marietta Street, NW, Suite 400, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Amicus Appellee.

Under OCGA § 17-10-6.2 (b), a defendant convicted of a sexual offense must receive a split sentence: that is, a sentence that includes a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment followed by an additional probated sentence of at least one year. When a defendant is convicted of only...

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