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THORNTON v. STATE

S20G0613.

851 S.E.2d 564 (2020)

THORNTON v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: November 16, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jad Baskin Johnson , David James Dunn, Jr. , Victor Philip Aloisio, III , Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Public Defender's Office, P.O. Box 1810, LaFayette, Georgia 30728, Attorneys for the Appellant.

Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Ross Warren Bergethon , Deputy Solicitor-General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Attorneys for the Neutral Amicus.

Megan Sandra Deitz , A.D.A., Christopher Allen Arnt , District Attorney, Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, P. O. Box 1025, LaFayette, Georgia 30728-1025, Attorneys for the Appellee.

In the parking lot of a gas station, a Department of Natural Resources (DNR) game warden told Christopher Thornton to turn down the volume of his car stereo. Thornton refused to comply, and he eventually drove away, dragging the game warden for a short distance. He later was arrested and charged with several crimes, including...

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