Houston County District Attorney

As of July 1, 2007, the Sentence Review Panel will no longer review sentences for trials which occur on or after July 1, 2007. O.C.G.A. § 17-10-6, which established the Sentence Review Panel, has been repealed. O.C.G.A. § 17-10-6 stated, in part, that in any case, "except cases in which the death penalty is imposed or cases involving a serious violent felony in which a sentence of 12 or more years, or several consecutive sentences which total 12 or more years, has been fixed and imposed by a judge, without a jury, the defendant shall have the right to have the sentence or sentences reviewed by a panel of three superior court judges to determine whether the sentence or sentences so imposed are excessively harsh."