BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.
Following a plea of guilty to cruelty to children in the first degree, for which he was sentenced to twenty years with two years to serve, Timothy Steven Gearin appeals, arguing that: (1) he was improperly sentenced as a recidivist; (2) trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to object to the sentence; (3) OCGA § 17-10-17 is unconstitutional; and (4) his due process rights were violated because he did not receive the...
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