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Court signs amended sentence for Brinson, waives fines and sets aside bench warrants; documents to be sent to Department of Corrections
Summary
The court agreed to modify the sentence on a 2018 case for Adrienne Lamar Brinson so that the state will consent to a 12-month sentence with credit for time served and waive fines; bench warrants will be set aside and the court will send the order to the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC).
The court granted a state-requested modification of Adrienne Lamar Brinson's 2018 matter, agreeing to an amended sentence that the state said would be 12 months to serve with credit for time already served and waiver of fines. The state indicated it would consent to the modification; the court said it would sign the amended sentence and transmit it to the Georgia Crime Information Center (GCIC) and to the Department of Corrections via the email address provided by GDC staff.
Brinson spoke in court and said he had been incarcerated "for 8 years now" and that the detainers on his record were preventing his transfer to other programming and release opportunities. He told the court he intended to proceed without counsel in resolving the detainers but sought a resolution to clear the holds that were affecting his status.
Department of Corrections staff member Miss Hemmings said the court's documents could be sent to video.hearing@gdc.ga.gov so the inmate could receive a copy. The prosecutor (Mister Tipton) told the court the state would consent to modification and would waive fines; court staff (Miss Wright) agreed she could prepare the resentencing paperwork. The judge ordered a modification and agreed to sign the resentencing and to set aside any bench warrants that had issued in connection with the 2018 matters.
Discussion vs. decision: the prosecutor offered the consent modification; the court granted the modification and directed the state to prepare the order and court staff to sign and file it so GCIC and GDC records could be updated. The bench warrants attached to the case were ordered set aside and the court said the order would be transmitted to the GDC email address the Department provided.
The judge admonished Brinson to follow a different path on release. The court closed the matter after instructing staff to prepare and file the signed documents so the DOC and GCIC would receive the amended sentence and bench-warrant-set-aside notification.
