Publication Date: 2016-03-10
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer F. Block Public Defender's Office, Cartersville, for appellant.
for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Christian A. Fuller, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S15A1357
The trial court erred in purportedly merging the defendant's two felony murder counts with a malice murder count and then merging two independent felonies with the two felony murder counts, because