Legal Opinion
State v. Jackson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 28, 2010No. S10A0070PublishedCited by 173 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NAHMIAS, Justice.
Appellees, defendants Carlester Jackson and Warren Woodley Smith, allegedly conspired with Jerold Daniels to rob a drug dealer at gunpoint. The victim, however, also turned out to be armed, and he shot and killed Daniels in self-defense. A Cobb County grand jury *647indicted Jackson and Smith on three counts of felony murder along with other offenses. The defendants moved to dismiss the felony murder counts pursuant to State v. Crane, 247 Ga. 779 (279 SE2d 695) (1981). The trial court granted the motion to dismiss, and the State now appeals, asking us to overrule Crane. After…
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