STATE v. MARLOWE

Nos. S03G0351, S03G0564.

589 S.E.2d 69 (2003)

277 Ga. 383

The STATE v. MARLOWE. Pearson v. The State.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

November 17, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Strauss, for Malone and Pearson.

W. Kendall Wynne, Jr., Dist. Atty., Jeffrey L. Foster, Asst. Dist. Atty., for the State.


FLETCHER, Chief Justice.

We granted certiorari in these cases to consider conflicting opinions from the Georgia Court of Appeals regarding whether multiple convictions for the possession of a weapon during the commission of a felony merge when there is continuous possession of a single weapon during multiple predicate offenses.1 We conclude that the legislature has not authorized multiple convictions for possession of a weapon when multiple...

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