VIRGER v. STATE

S18A1538 S18A1539.

824 S.E.2d 346 (2019)

VIRGER v. The STATE. Cave v. The State.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: February 18, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Scott Key, Kayci Nicole Timmons, MILLER & KEY, PA, McDonough, for Appellant Darius Lamont Virger.

Janies Kenneth Luttrell, Canton, for Appellant Alexis Jade Cave.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr, Attorney General, Michael Alexander Oldham, Assistant Attorney General, DEPARTMENT OF LAW, Atlanta, Ryan Reese Leonard, District Attorney, Sean Alexander Garrett, Senior A.D.A., DOUGLAS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Douglasville, for Appellee.


Darius Virger and Alexis Cave were tried together for crimes related to the beating and death of Diarra Chappell, a 13-month-old child who lived with them. Virger was convicted of malice murder, Cave was convicted of felony murder, and both were convicted of other offenses. On appeal, both Virger and Cave challenge the...

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