Case Name: WATKINS v. THE STATE
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1976-06-21
Citations: 139 Ga. App. 108
Docket Number: 52152
Parties: WATKINS v. THE STATE.
Judges: Deert, P. J., concurs. Webb, J., concurs specially.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 139
Pages: 108–109

Head Matter:
52152.
WATKINS v. THE STATE.

Opinion:
Quillian, Judge.
Appeal in this case was taken from the defendant's sentence of 15 years for burglary. It is contended that the procedure followed by the trial judge on the sentence hearing was improper.
Submitted May 5, 1976
Decided June 21, 1976.
Carlisle & Newton, John T. Newton, Jr., for appellant.
Ben J. Miller, District Attorney, for appellee.
Under authority of the recent Supreme Court decision in Munsford v. State, 235 Ga. 38, 45 (218 SE2d 792), we are constrained to reverse the sentence and remand with direction that the principles of Munsford be complied with and that sentence be entered in accordance thereto.
Sentence reversed with direction.
Deert, P. J., concurs. Webb, J., concurs specially.