Publication Date: 2015-07-06
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellant.
for defendant: Margaret E. Flynt Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, and Maryellen Simmons Public Defender's Office, Carrollton, for appellee. Amicus Appellant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, and Gary D. Bergman Prosecuting Attorney's Council of Georgia, Morrow.
Case Number: S14G1539
The Court overruled Jackson v. State and its progeny in holding that the defendant's convictions for aggravated assault and involuntary manslaughter based on reckless conduct were not mutually excl