Chua v. State

HINES, Justice.

Noel Chua appeals his convictions for felony murder and violating the Georgia Controlled Substances Act, in connection with the death of James B. Carter. For the reasons that follow, we affirm in part and vacate in part.

1. Carter died of drug intoxication brought about by a self-inflicted combination of morphine, oxycodone, and methadone. Chua, a physician, wrote prescriptions for Carter for these, and other, drugs. At the time of his death, Carter lived in Chua’s home and did some work in Chua’s office; it was in the home that Chua discovered the body. Chua asserts that the…