Publication Date: 2015-03-18
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Kathryn L. Powers, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Michael A. Oldham, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S14A1418
The Supreme Court overruled Durden v. State, 293 Ga. 89 2013, holding that a family violence aggravated assault verdict did not merge as a matter of law into a malice murder verdict as to the same v