Johnson v. State

BOGGS, Justice.

Appellant Corrick D. Johnson was tried before a jury on charges of malice murder, felony murder (two counts), aggravated assault, and false imprisonment, in the death of Latresh Brown.1 He now appeals, claiming, among other things, that the trial court erred in failing to merge the aggravated assault conviction with the murder conviction and that the court erred in its instructions to the jury We agree with Johnson that the failure to merge was error and therefore vacate his conviction for aggravated assault.2 The remainder of the judgment is affirmed.

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