ORTIZ v. STATE

No. S96A0585.

470 S.E.2d 874 (1996)

266 Ga. 752

ORTIZ v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

June 3, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Devon A. Orland, Decatur, for Ortiz.

J. Tom Morgan, Dist. Atty., Decatur, Jeffrey H. Brickman, Desiree S. Peagler, Asst. Dist. Attys., Decatur, for State.


BENHAM, Chief Justice.

Robert Ortiz was convicted of rape, aggravated sodomy, and burglary, and was sentenced to life imprisonment without possibility of parole under OCGA § 17-10-7(b), and to a consecutive sentence of 20 years imprisonment. This Court has jurisdiction over this appeal because the issue of the constitutionality of OCGA § 17-10-7(b) was properly raised and ruled on by the trial court.

1. Ortiz contends that the trial court erred in...

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