Legal Opinion
Green v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 25, 2012No. S12A0853PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Carley, Chief Justice.
After a jury trial, Appellant Sam Green was found guilty of the malice and felony murder of Candy Wright, a separate charge of aggravated assault against Ms. Wright, and the rape and aggravated assault of Leanna Ziel. The felony murder verdict was vacated by operation of law, and the charge of aggravated assault against Ms. Wright was merged into the malice murder count. The trial court entered judgments of conviction on the remaining guilty verdicts and imposed consecutive sentences of life imprisonment for murder and for rape and 20 years for aggravated assault. A…
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