OLSEN v. STATE

S17A1014.

806 S.E.2d 556 (2017)

OLSEN v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: October 16, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald Franklin Samuel , Amanda Rourk Clark Palmer , GARLAND, SAMUEL & LOEB, P.C., 3151 Maple Drive, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30305, Donald C. English , General Counsel, SOUTHERN STATES PBA, Inc., 2155 Highway 42 South, McDonough, Georgia 30252-7636, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, DEPARTMENT OF LAW, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Anna Green Cross , Christopher Wells Timmons , Deputy Chief A.D.A., Sherry Boston , District Attorney, DEKALB COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, 556 North McDonough Street, Suite 700, Decatur, Georgia 30030, for Appellee.


Appellant Robert Olsen was formerly a police officer who was indicted for felony murder and other charges related to the shooting death of an unarmed suspect. The shooting occurred when Olsen responded to a suspicious person report at a DeKalb County apartment complex and ultimately shot the individual who was the subject of the...

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