Rutland v. State

315 Ga. 521

FINAL COPY S22A0916. RUTLAND v. THE STATE. LAGRUA, Justice. Appellant Israel Rutland was convicted of felony murder in connection with the deaths of Kelly Marie Prescott and Matthew Dean Horton resulting from a vehicular collision following a high- speed police chase.1 On appeal, Appellant contends in two related 1 Prescott and Horton died on November 12, 2013. On February 2, 2015, a Berrien County grand jury indicted Appellant for the following counts: felony murder of Prescott, predicated on fleeing and attempting to elude police officers (Count 1); felony murder of Horton,…