Wood v. Georgia (1981)

Wood v. Georgia, 450 U.S. 261 (1981), was a United States Supreme Court decision revolving around potential 14th Amendment violations regarding the imprisonment of probationer(s) solely on the inability to pay installments for fines.

Decision
In a 6–3 majority delivered by Justice Powell, the Court ruled that due to the conflict of interest of the petitioners' counsel, the possibilities of due process violations apply over the question of equal protection in this case. Thus the case was remanded to resolve those issues.