Court Opinion

ID: 9584054
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 22:44:12.926079+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:06:32.687059
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Smith, Justice,
dissenting to Division 2.
In Entrekin v. State, 147 Ga. App. 724, 727 (250 SE2d 177) (1978) (Smith, Judge, concurring), the Court of Appeals held as *402follows: .. [W]here the suspension of execution of the sentence was dependent upon a payment for child support of $40 per week the court had no authority to increase the amount to $60 and this provision was void.” Under this ruling, the trial court’s order that “the court may at any time for good cause modify any of the terms or conditions of this sentence” could not authorize a subsequent increase in child support as a condition of suspension. I find the majority’s attempt to distinguish Entrekin unpersuasive at best.
In my view, an increase in appellant’s child support obligation as a condition of suspension can only be justified, if at all, by a retroactive application of Code Ann. § 27-2709 (d)(4). I find no basis for applying this section retroactively. Thus, without reaching the merits of appellant’s double jeopardy contentions, I would reverse.