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JOHNSON v. STATE

S21G0673.

868 S.E.2d 226 (2022)

JOHNSON v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: January 19, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ricky J. Johnson, GDC #1124129, Coffee Correctional Facility, P. O. Box 650, Nicholls, Georgia 31554, for Appellant.

Thomas Vernon Burch , Courtney Hogan , Kirstiana Perryman , UGA School of Law, 313A Rusk Hall, 225 Herty Drive, Athens, Georgia 30602, for Amicus Appellant.

Penny Alane Penn , District Attorney, James Aaron Dunn , A.D.A., Forsyth County District Attorney's Office, 101 East Court house Square, Suite 2075, Cumming, Georgia 30040, for Appellee.

We granted certiorari in this case to address whether Johnson's convictions for theft by taking merge under the correct unit-of-prosecution analysis. Because the Court of Appeals applied the wrong legal analysis in evaluating whether Johnson's theft-by-taking convictions should have merged, we vacate its holding on that issue and...

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