Publication Date: 2016-03-25
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Nahmias, David E.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Long D. Vo Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Joshua D. Morrison, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Matthew M. Youn, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S15A1721
The trial court erred in sentencing the juvenile defendant to life without parole for malice murder without first making any sort of distinct determination on the record that the defendant was irre