Case Name: THOMAS v. THE STATE
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1976-07-16
Citations: 139 Ga. App. 364
Docket Number: 52456
Parties: THOMAS v. THE STATE.
Judges: Bell, C. J., and Stolz, J., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 139
Pages: 364–365

Head Matter:
52456.
THOMAS v. THE STATE.

Opinion:
Clabk, Judge.
Defendant entered guilty pleas to each of three burglary charges lodged against him. He was sentenced by the trial judge to three years for each offense to be served consecutively. Defendant's sole enumeration of error asserts that the sentences imposed were "unreasonable" in view of the nature of the crime.
This court is not empowered to modify a sentence which is within the statutory limits and lawfully imposed. See McCullough v. State, 11 Ga. App. 612, 618 (6) (76 SE 393); Code § 27-2502, 27-2503, 27-2510. Since defendant has urged no legal basis for a reversal of the judgment of sentence, this court will not disturb the trial judge's discretion in this matter. We note, however, that the procedures established by Ga. L. 1974, pp. 352, 358, codified as § 27-2511.1 regarding the review of sentences offer an available remedy to defendant's claim of excessive harshness.
Submitted July 13, 1976
Decided July 16, 1976.
Jesse DuBose, for appellant.
Claude N. Morris, District Attorney, for appellee.
Judgment affirmed.
Bell, C. J., and Stolz, J., concur.