Regent v. the State

MILLER, Presiding Judge.

In Regent v. State, 299 Ga. 172 (787 SE2d 217) (2016), the Supreme Court of Georgia reversed the judgment of this Court in Division 1 of Regent v. State, 333 Ga. App. 350 (774 SE2d 213) (2015), in which this Court affirmed the denial of Regent’s motion to merge his convictions for aggravated battery and aggravated assault. Consequently, we vacate Division 1 of our opinion in Regent, supra, 333 Ga. App. at 351, and in its place adopt the judgment of the Supreme Court as our own.

The Supreme Court of Georgia did not address or consider Division 2 of our earlier opinion,…