WILLIAMS v. STATE

S16A0965.

791 S.E.2d 55 (2016)

WILLIAMS, v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: September 12, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Lawrence Persse , Office of the Public Defender, Eastern Judicial Circuit, 222 West Oglethorpe Avenue, Fifth Floor, Savannah, Georgia 31401, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Samuel S. Olens , Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Richard Ashley Mallard , District Attorney, Michael Thomas Muldrew , Senior A.D.A., Keith A. McIntyre , A.D.A., Ogeechee Judicial Circuit, District Attorney's Office, One Courtland Street, Second Floor, Statesboro, Georgia 30458, for Appellee.


We granted this interlocutory appeal to address whether OCGA § 16-12-1, as it applies to felony contributing to the deprivation or delinquency of a minor, qualifies as a predicate offense for felony murder. We hold that it does not and we reverse the judgment of the trial court.

Appellant Allan Ray Williams was indicted...

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