Johnson v. State, 546 S.E.2d 562 (Ga. Ct. App. 2001). · Go Syfert
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“trial court is not responsible for computing a defendant's credit for time served.”
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discussed Cited as authority (verbatim quote) MONCUS v. LASALLE MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC D/B/A LASALLE CORRECTIONS
M.D. Ga. · 2020 · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote · confidence high
trial court is not responsible for computing a defendant's credit for time served.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Willie Matthew Kellum v. State
Ga. Ct. App. · 2023 · confidence medium
Johnson v. State, 248 Ga. App. 454, 455 (3) ( 546 SE2d 5620 (2001) (“credit need not be given for prior incarceration related to another charge[.]”); Stallings, 314 Ga. App. at 217 ; see also OCGA § 42-8-38 (c) (“If the probation is revoked, the court may order the execution of the sentence originally imposed or of any portion thereof.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) WOODY v. GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
M.D. Ga. · 2019 · confidence medium
The GDOC has a duty to award credit for time served prior to trial.” Kelley v. Ga. Dep’t of Corr., 145 F. App’x 329, 330-31 (11th Cir. 2005) (citing Johnson v. State, 248 Ga. App. 454, 456 , 546 S.E.2d 562, 564 (2001) and Warren v. State, 246 Ga. App. 894, 895 , 543 S.E.2d 38, 39 (2000)).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Caldwell v. State
Ga. Ct. App. · 2014 · confidence medium
(Citation and footnote omitted.) Cutter v. State, 275 Ga. App. 888, 890-891 (2) ( 622 SE2d 96 ) (2005) (When a written sentencing order gives gratuitous misdirection to the correctional custodians regarding the amount of creditable time served, we will “remand the case to the trial court to strike the offending language from the sentencing order.”) (citation and footnote omitted); Johnson v. State, 248 Ga. App. 454, 455 (3) ( 546 SE2d 562 ) (2001) (Where the written sentencing order improperly included the direction, “[n]o credit for time served previously[,]” this Court directed that …
discussed Cited as authority (rule) William Ira Caldwell v. State
Ga. Ct. App. · 2014 · confidence medium
Wilson v. State, 292 Ga. App. 540, 541-542 ( 664 SE2d 890 ) (2008). 7 offending language from the sentencing order.”) (citation and footnote omitted); Johnson v. State, 248 Ga. App. 454, 455 (3) ( 546 SE2d 562 ) (2001) (Where the written sentencing order improperly included the direction, “[n]o credit for time served previously[,]” this Court directed that the trial court strike that language from the judgment.).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Reginald Wiggins v. State
Ga. Ct. App. · 2013 · confidence medium
Johnson v. State, 248 Ga. App. 454, 455 ( 546 SE2d 562 ) (2001).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Wiggins v. State
Ga. Ct. App. · 2013 · confidence medium
Johnson v. State, 248 Ga. App. 454, 455 ( 546 SE2d 562 ) (2001).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Watts v. State
Ga. Ct. App. · 2013 · confidence medium
Based upon the evidence in the record before us, we agree with Watts’ contention that the trial court erred to the extent it specified that she was to receive “credit for time served since after [sic] December 5,2008.” “The clear policy behind OCGA §§ 17-10-9 through 17-10-12 is that time spent in incarceration under the authority of this state or a political subdivision thereof should count toward the time which a prisoner must serve.” (Citation, punctuation and footnote omitted.) Johnson v. State, 248 Ga. App. 454, 455 (3) ( 546 SE2d 562 ) (2001). [U]nder OCGA § 17-10-12, the am…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Taryn Lashae Watts v. State
Ga. Ct. App. · 2013 · confidence medium
Based upon the evidence in the record before us, we agree with Watts’ contention that the trial court erred to the extent it specified that she was to receive “credit for time served since after [sic] December 5, 2008.” “The clear policy behind OCGA §§ 17-10-9 through 17-10-12 is that time spent in incarceration under the authority of this state or a political subdivision thereof should count toward the time which a prisoner must serve.” (Citation, punctuation and footnote omitted.) Johnson v. State, 248 Ga. App. 454, 455 (3) ( 546 SE2d 562 ) (2001). [U]nder OCGA § 17-10-12, the a…
examined Cited as authority (rule) Cochran v. State (3×) also: Cited "see, e.g."
Ga. Ct. App. · 2012 · confidence medium
Indeed, “[t]he clear policy behind OCGA §§ 17-10-9 through 17-10-12 is that time spent in incarceration under the authority of this state or a political subdivision thereof should count toward the time which a prisoner must serve.” (Punctuation andfootnote omitted.) Johnson v. State, 248 Ga. App. 454, 455 (3) ( 546 SE2d 562 ) (2001).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Hess v. State
Ga. Ct. App. · 2009 · confidence medium
Johnson, P. J., and Barnes, J., concur. 1 See Johnson v. State, 248 Ga. App. 454, 455 (2) ( 546 SE2d 562 ) (2001) (defendant validly waived Fourth Amendment rights as a condition of probation where trial court informed him of condition of probation at sentencing in presence of counsel who did not object); compare Fox v. State, 272 Ga. 163, 164-165 (1) ( 527 SE2d 847 ) (2000) (waiver of defendant’s Fourth Amendment rights as a condition of probation not valid where defendant was first informed of condition by probation officer outside presence of counsel after sentencing). 2 State v. Sapp, 21…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Smashey v. State
Ga. Ct. App. · 2006 · confidence medium
Norman, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee. 1 Cutter v. State, 275 Ga. App. 888, 890 (2) ( 622 SE2d 96 ) (2005) (citation and punctuation omitted). 2 Id. 3 Id. (citations and punctuation omitted). 4 Id. at 890-891 . 5 Cf. Johnson v. State, 248 Ga. App. 454, 455-456 (3) ( 546 SE2d 562 ) (2001). 6 See Cutter, supra at 891 .
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Cutter v. State
Ga. Ct. App. · 2005 · confidence medium
Miller and Bernes, JJ., concur. 1 Wofford v. State, 226 Ga. App. 487, 489 (1) ( 486 SE2d 697 ) (1997). 2 McKinney v. State, 204 Ga. App. 323, 324 (1) ( 419 SE2d 339 ) (1992), 3 Brewster v. State, 261 Ga. App. 795, 799 (2) ( 584 SE2d 66 ) (2003). 4 King v. State, 209 Ga. App. 529, 532 (4) ( 433 SE2d 722 ) (1993). 5 Robinson v. State, 271 Ga. App. 768, 769 (1) ( 610 SE2d 706 ) (2005). 6 Hamby v. State, 256 Ga. App. 886, 888 (3) ( 570 SE2d 77 ) (2002). 7 Warren v. State, 246 Ga. App. 894 ( 543 SE2d 38 ) (2000). 8 Diaz v. State, 245 Ga. App. 380, 381 (2) ( 537 SE2d 784 ) (2000). 9 Maldonado v. Sta…
cited Cited as authority (rule) Jonathon Edward Kelley v. Ga. Dept. of Corr.
11th Cir. · 2005 · confidence medium
Johnson v. State, 248 Ga.App. 454 , 546 S.E.2d 562, 564 (2001).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Boykin v. State
Ga. Ct. App. · 2003 · confidence medium
Norman, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee. 1 OCGA § 16-2-20 (a). 2 Shelley v. State, 255 Ga. App. 360 (1) ( 565 SE2d 567 ) (2002). 3 Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U. S. 307 (99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560) (1979); Shelley, supra at 361 . 4 OCGA § 16-5-40 (a). 5 Sharp v. State, 255 Ga. App. 485, 487 (1) ( 565 SE2d 841 ) (2002). 6 Love v. State, 190 Ga. App. 264, 265 (1) ( 378 SE2d 893 ) (1989). 7 Sharp, supra; Love, supra. 8 Johnson v. State, 248 Ga. App. 454, 455 (1) ( 546 SE2d 562 ) (2001). 9 Jackson v. Virginia, supra; Noble v. State, 225 Ga. App. 470, 471-472 ( 484 SE2d 78 ) (1997). 10 See R…
cited Cited as authority (rule) Shannon v. State
Ga. Ct. App. · 2002 · confidence medium
Johnson v. State, 248 Ga. App. 454, 455 ( 546 SE2d 562 ) (2001); Hermann v. State, 249 Ga. App. 535, 537 ( 548 SE2d 666 ) (2001). 1 Decided December 4, 2002 Leo E.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Rose v. State
Ga. Ct. App. · 2002 · confidence medium
J., and Miller, J., concur. 1 Allen v. United States, 164 U. S. 492 (17 SC 154, 41 LE 528) (1896). 2 Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U. S. 307 (99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560) (1979). 3 Graham v. State, 236 Ga. App. 673, 675 (1) ( 512 SE2d 921 ) (1999). 4 Id. at 675 (2) (a). 5 OCGA § 16-8-7 (a); Ruffin v. State, 252 Ga. App. 289, 292 (3) ( 556 SE2d 191 ) (2001). 6 OCGA § 40-2-7; Rogers v. State, 185 Ga. App. 211, 213 (2) ( 363 SE2d 846 ) (1987). 7 See Petty v. State, 221 Ga. App. 125, 126-127 ( 470 SE2d 517 ) (1996). 8 Haxho v. State, 186 Ga. App. 393 ( 367 SE2d 282 ) (1988); Shirley v. State, 166 Ga. App…
examined Cited "see" Gillis v. State (3×) also: Cited "see, e.g."
Ga. Ct. App. · 2007 · signal: see · confidence high
See Johnson v. State, 248 Ga. App. 454 (1) ( 546 SE2d 562 ) (2001).
Johnson
v.
the State
A00A1913.
Court of Appeals of Georgia.
Mar 6, 2001.
546 S.E.2d 562
Leo E. Benton, Jr., for appellant., Lydia J. Sartain, District Attorney, E. Paul Stanley, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.
Phipps, Johnson, Smith.
Cited by 22 opinions  |  Published
Phipps, Judge.

A Hall County jury convicted Terry Ramone Johnson of possession of cocaine. The trial court sentenced Johnson to eight years, two years to serve and six years on probation. On appeal, Johnson claims that (1) the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction, (2) the trial court erred in including a waiver of Fourth Amendment rights in the terms of probation, and (3) the trial court erred in refusing to grant him credit for time served. For reasons which follow, we affirm in part and reverse in part.

On February 16, 1999, Johnson was a front seat passenger in a car driven by Quincy Sanders. The car was parked on the shoulder of a road in Hall County. A Hall County deputy and a trainee drove toward Sanders’s car from the opposite direction. The deputy noticed a man standing beside the car. As the deputy’s patrol car approached, the man slapped Sanders’s car and stepped back. Sanders then drove onto the road and passed the patrol car.

The deputy recognized Sanders when he drove past. Because he knew that Sanders did not have a driver’s license, he turned the patrol car around and caught up with Sanders’s car. When the deputy approached to within a car’s length, the trainee turned on the blue lights. The deputy saw the passenger, Johnson, look back at the police car and sling an “object over his left shoulder into the backseat.”

After Sanders’s car stopped, Sanders and Johnson got out and began walking away. The deputy drew his weapon and told them to get back in the car, and they complied. The deputy arrested Sanders and Johnson and placed them in the patrol car. The deputy then inspected the backseat of Sanders’s car, where he saw a baby car seat, trash, and two plastic bags. One bag contained a powdered substance, and the other contained seven or eight of what the officer believed to be “rocks” of cocaine. Laboratory test results showed that one of the bags contained cocaine. The other bag was not tested.

1. In his first two claims of error, Johnson contends that the evidence of possession of cocaine was insufficient to prove his guilt as a matter of law and that the trial court erred in denying his motion for a directed verdict. In determining the sufficiency of the evidence, we consider whether the evidence, viewed in a light most favorable to the verdict, would have authorized a rational trier of fact to find Johnson guilty. [1]

Johnson argues that the only direct evidence linking him with[*455] the cocaine is that he was a passenger in the vehicle in which cocaine was found. A finding of constructive possession requires more than spatial proximity between the contraband and the defendant. [2] But if all occupants of a vehicle had equal access to contraband, they may be found in joint constructive possession. [3] The facts here are distinguishable from Maxwell v. State, 4 on which Johnson relies, because here the cocaine was clearly visible and not hidden. Moreover, because the deputy saw Johnson throwing an object over his left shoulder into the backseat of the car, [5] and cocaine was found in plain view in the backseat, the jury was authorized to find that Johnson was in joint constructive possession of the cocaine.

2. As a condition of probation, the trial court ordered Johnson to waive his Fourth Amendment rights to be free from unreasonable search and seizure. The trial court informed Johnson of this waiver at sentencing in the presence of his attorney, who made no objection. Johnson argues that the trial court erred in including the waiver in the terms of probation because the waiver was imposed without his consent and was not pursuant to a negotiated plea.

We have upheld such a waiver of constitutional rights as a condition of probation as “at least impliedly consented to . . . as an acceptable alternative to prison.” [6] Although in Fox v. State 7 our Supreme Court found a defendant’s waiver of Fourth Amendment rights to be invalid, Fox is distinguishable. There, the trial court did not mention the waiver as a condition of probation during sentencing. Here, Johnson was informed of the waiver at sentencing in the presence of counsel, who did not object. We find that Johnson consented to the waiver and that it was a valid condition of his probation.

3. At sentencing, the trial court told Johnson, “You will be given no credit for any time served previously.” And on the sentencing sheet is written, “No credit for time served previously.” Johnson argues that he is nevertheless entitled to such credit, and we agree. “The clear policy behind OCGA §§ 17-10-9 through 17-10-12 is that time spent in incarceration under the authority of this state or a political subdivision thereof should count toward the time which a prisoner must serve.” [8]

Although credit need not be given for prior incarceration related to another charge, [9] the state does not argue that is the case here. The[*456] state’s argument is that, because a trial court need not reflect the consideration of time served in its sentence, the court does not err by stating that it is giving a defendant no credit for time served. [10] But although the trial court need not mention credit for time served in its sentence, because the credit will be computed and applied by the presentence and post-sentence custodians, [11] the trial court cannot take the credit away. In Diaz v. State, 12 we ruled that, because a trial court is not responsible for computing a defendant’s credit for time served, a verbal statement by the trial court that a defendant will not be credited for time served does not require a reversal. But unlike Diaz, the trial court here included a prohibition against credit for time served on the written sentencing order. The post-sentence custodian should not be asked to comply with an order of the trial court which is inconsistent with the law. Accordingly, we direct the trial court to strike the words “No credit for time served previously” from Johnson’s sentence. [13]

Decided March 6, 2001. Leo E. Benton, Jr., for appellant. Lydia J. Sartain, District Attorney, E. Paul Stanley, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed in part and reversed in part.

Johnson, P. J., and Smith, P. J., concur.
1

Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U. S. 307 (99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560) (1979).

2

Maxwell v. State, 238 Ga. App. 197, 198 (1) (518 SE2d 432) (1999).

3

Lowe v. State, 223 Ga. App. 172, 173 (477 SE2d 341) (1996).

5

See Reed v. State, 244 Ga. App. 146 (534 SE2d 871) (2000).

6

Luke v. State, 178 Ga. App. 614, 616 (2) (344 SE2d 452) (1986).

8

Spann v. Whitworth, 262 Ga. 21, 22 (1) (413 SE2d 713) (1992).

9

Johnson v. State, 241 Ga. App. 369, 370 (526 SE2d 882) (1999).

10

Turner v. State, 151 Ga. App. 631, 633-634 (3) (260 SE2d 756) (1979).

11

Beeks v. State, 169 Ga. App. 499, 500 (2) (313 SE2d 760) (1984).

13

See Addo v. State, 212 Ga. App. 163 (1) (441 SE2d 486) (1994) (physical precedent only).