State v. Shropshire

318 Ga. 14

FINAL COPY S23G0310. THE STATE v. SHROPSHIRE. WARREN, Justice. This case presents the question of whether a unit-of- prosecution analysis or a required evidence analysis should be applied to determine the question of merger as to one count of aggravated child molestation and two counts of child molestation. As both parties now concede, unit-of-prosecution analysis applies to the question of whether the two counts of child molestation merge and required evidence analysis applies when considering the merger of aggravated child molestation and child molestation. Because the Court of…