MERRITT v. STATE

No. A07A0947.

653 S.E.2d 368 (2007)

MERRITT v. The STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

October 26, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicki Noel Vaughan, H. Bradford Morris Jr., Gainesville, Brett Michael Willis, for Appellant.

Lee Darragh, District Attorney, Gregory Edward Radics, Assistant District Attorney, for Appellee.


MIKELL, Judge.

On June 3, 2002, at approximately 6:30 p.m., William Richard Merritt, Jr., was speeding and weaving across lanes and a grassy median as he was driving southbound on Interstate 985 in Hall County when he struck an SUV driven by Bonnie Reynolds. The violence of the collision caused Mrs. Reynolds's vehicle to flip over multiple times, ejecting her 14-year-old son, Matthew, onto the pavement, where he sustained severe brain injuries. Matthew died the next...

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