GA 17-14-3 - GA 17-14-3

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Condition of probation. - Court-ordered restitution may be imposed as a reasonable condition of probation. Morrison v. State, 181 Ga. App. 440 , 352 S.E.2d 622 (1987). O.C.G.A. § 17-14-3 encompasses a trial court's imposition of restitution as a condition of an offender's probated sentence. Murphy v. State, 182 Ga. App. 791 , 357 S.E.2d 147 (1987). Trial court did not abuse the court's discretion in allowing the defendant to pay the full amount of restitution over the course of the defendant's entire probated sentence because allowing the defendant to pay the significant amount of restitution over the course of the probation was a commonsense approach in view of the admittedly limited resources of the defendant. Elsasser v. State, 313 Ga. App. 661 , 722 S.E.2d 327 (2011)...