Publication Date: 2015-11-20
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hines, P. Harris
Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Bonner Jr. Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, and Michael W. Tarleton Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Decatur, 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 Clint C. Malcolm, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S15A1428
Although the evidence supported the defendant's malice murder conviction, the trial court erred with regard to its merger of certain c