Hanson v. State

SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA

Case No. S26I0950 April 6, 2026

The Honorable Supreme Court met pursuant to adjournment. The following order was passed:

JERBREA HANSON v. THE STATE.

Upon consideration of the application for discretionary appeal filed in the above-styled case, the application is hereby granted. The appellant's notice of appeal must be filed in the trial court within ten days after the date shown above. Once the record is received from the trial court and docketed in this Court, notices will be mailed to all counsel showing the date of docketing and the case number assigned. The appellant's enumeration of errors and principal brief will be due within 20 days from the date of docketing; the appellee's response brief will be due within 40 days of docketing or within 20 days after the appellant's principal brief is filed, whichever is later. See Rule 10.

The Court is particularly concerned with, and asks that you address in your briefs, the following:

(1) Does the phrase "any other article or item" in OCGA § 49-4A-18 include a set of jail keys?

(2) If a statute that criminalizes certain conduct is amended while a prosecution of a defendant for that conduct is pending, and the amendment

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limits the scope of criminalized conduct such that it no longer includes the conduct of the defendant, must the prosecution end?

All the Justices concur, except Warren, P.J., not participating.

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Clerk's Office, Atlanta I certify that the above is a true extract from the minutes of the Supreme Court of Georgia.

Witness my signature and the seal of said court hereto affixed the day and year last above written. , Clerk