Legal Opinion

Potter v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided December 3, 2009No. A09A2109PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Mikell, Judge.

Jason Dewayne Potter was convicted of nine counts of homicide by vehicle in the first degree, 1 two counts of serious injury by vehicle, 2 two counts of driving under the influence of alcohol, 3 and reckless driving. The convictions stemmed from evidence that after an evening of drinking beer, Potter caused a head-on collision that killed three of the five members of the Thomas family, including parents Rock Avery Thomas and Katherine Thomas and their nine-year-old son, Morgan, and seriously injured another child, Logan. The trial court sentenced Potter to an aggregate of 25…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Harper v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
  2. State v. BradenCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1993
  3. Chapel v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
  4. Lattarulo v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
  5. Love v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2001

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2011
  2. Raymond v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2013

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