Potter v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
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…
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