STATE v. FREEMAN

No. S00A1108.

537 S.E.2d 92 (2000)

272 Ga. 813

The STATE v. FREEMAN.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

October 2, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael H. Crawford, District Attorney, Robert D. Cullifer, Assistant District Attorney, for appellant.

Bruce S. Harvey, Atlanta, for appellee.

Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, amici curiae.


FLETCHER, Presiding Justice.

A jury convicted Roger Wayne Freeman of felony murder and hindering the apprehension of a criminal in connection with the shooting death of John Douglas Hopper. After a post-trial hearing, the trial court vacated the felony-murder conviction as illegal. We must decide whether a felony-murder conviction is void as a matter of law when a jury convicts a defendant of hindering the apprehension of a criminal as a lesser included offense of...

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