State v. Chapman

ELMORE, Judge.

*429The State appeals from an order dismissing two counts of capital first-degree murder against Gregory R. Chapman (defendant). Because the State failed to also challenge the order granting relief pursuant to a writ of habeas corpus, which concluded that the murder indictments did not properly charge any offense, we lack jurisdiction to hear this appeal, and we dismiss it without considering the merits.

On 26 May 2008, defendant shot Lisa Wallace once in her left upper abdomen. Wallace was nineteen weeks and four or five days pregnant with twins. The bullet did not enter Wallace’s…