Johnson v. State

313 Ga. 155

FINAL COPY S21G0673. JOHNSON v. THE STATE. WARREN, Justice. We granted certiorari in this case to address whether Ricky Johnson’s convictions for theft by taking merge under the correct unit-of-prosecution analysis. Because the Court of Appeals applied the wrong legal analysis in evaluating whether Johnson’s theft-by- taking convictions should have merged, we vacate its holding on that issue and remand with direction to apply the correct analysis. 1. In 2013, Johnson was convicted of one count of burglary (Count 1), three counts of theft by taking based on the theft of three…