GA 17-10-11 - GA 17-10-11

JUDICIAL DECISIONS This section contemplates credit only for time served during proceedings for which sentence received. Tucker v. Stynchcombe, 239 Ga. 356 , 236 S.E.2d 623 (1977). Applicability. - Provision in O.C.G.A. §§ 17-10-9 and 17-10-11 for crediting prison sentences with the time spent in confinement applies only to persons who would not be confined but for their charges which give rise to the sentence for which credit is sought. Spann v. Whitworth, 262 Ga. 21 , 413 S.E.2d 713 (1992); Wilson v. State, 273 Ga. 97 , 538 S.E.2d 429 (2000). Trial court cannot modify a sentence to reflect credit for time served prior to sentence being imposed; the responsibility for computing credit for time served awaiting trial not being upon the trial court. Casario v. State, 169 Ga. App. 515 , 313 S...