WEST v. STATE

No. A99A2109.

528 S.E.2d 287 (2000)

241 Ga. App. 877

WEST v. The STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

January 19, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Genirberg, Jonesboro, for appellant.

Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, Verda Andrews-Stroud, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.


PHIPPS, Judge.

After a jury found Robert West guilty of escape,1 the trial judge sentenced him to ten years confinement in the state penal system. West appeals, claiming that the length of the sentence is excessive and vindictive. Because the trial judge imposed a sentence within the minimum and maximum sentences prescribed by law and we find no evidence that the judge acted vindictively toward...

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