Owens v. State

317 Ga. 125

FINAL COPY S23A0607. OWENS v. THE STATE. WARREN, Justice. In October 2015, Norris Owens was convicted of felony murder based on possession of a firearm by a first-offender probationer and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of Randolph Williamson. On appeal, Owens argues that the trial court erred by not merging the count for felony murder based on unlawful possession of a firearm by a first-offender probationer into the voluntary manslaughter verdict. Seeing no error, we affirm.1 1 Williamson was killed on October 18, 2015. On March 16, 2016, a Fulton County grand…