Schlanger v. State

In Schlanger v. State, 290 Ga. App. 407 (659 SE2d 823) (2008), the Court affirmed Herbert P. Schlanger's conviction for two counts of driving under the influence (DUI) and one count each of reckless driving and failure to maintain lane. The Court noted at that time that the trial court had imposed a single sentence of twenty-four months with ten days to serve without merging the DUI counts and without specifying a sentence on each count. Id. at 415 (8). The Court therefore vacated Schlanger's sentence and remanded the case with the direction that the trial court merge the two DUI counts and "impose separate sentences on each of the three remaining convictions." Id. After a rehearing, the trial court imposed the same 24-month sentence but increased the time served from ten to thirty days.