Legal Opinion
Devega v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 1, 2010No. S09A2064PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARLEY, Presiding Justice.
A jury found Robert Bella Devega, III guilty of malice murder, two counts of felony murder, two counts of aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and conspiracy to sell a controlled substance. The trial court entered judgments of conviction and sentenced Devega to life imprisonment for malice murder, and to consecutive prison sentences of ten years for the drug offense and five years for the weapons charge. The felony murder verdicts were vacated by operation of law, and the aggravated assault verdicts were merged into the…
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