Court Opinion

ID: 9602319
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 01:53:04.979492+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:02:02.441614
License: Public Domain

On Motion for Rehearing.
On motion for rehearing, the state appears to argue that the defendant did not suffer multiple convictions because the trial court entered only one sentence. The record in this case clearly reflects that, although the trial court entered a single sentence, that sentence applied to both counts of the accusation. Thus, the record establishes unambiguously that the defendant was convicted of two counts of D.U.I.
Although a defendant maybe prosecuted for multiple offenses established by the same criminal conduct, he may not be convicted of more than one crime if the crimes charged are the same in law or fact. See Pryor v. State, 238 Ga. 698, 700 (234 SE2d 918) (1977); Gunter v. State, 155 Ga. App. 176 (2) (270 SE2d 224) (1980); Callahan v. State, 148 Ga. App. 555, 557 (5) (251 SE2d 790) (1978). See generally OCGA §§ 16-1-6; 16-1-7. The motion for rehearing is accordingly denied.