MORRELL v. STATE

S21A1273.

869 S.E.2d 447 (2022)

MORRELL v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: February 15, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David T. Lock , David T. Lock, LLC, P.O. Box 14286, Savannah, Georgia 31416, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Kathleen Leona McCanless , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Bradley Robert Thompson , A.D.A., Eastern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, 133 Montgomery Street, Suite 600, Savannah, Georgia 31401, for Appellee.


Karonta Morrell was charged with 21 counts in connection with the murders of Rocquan Scarver and Jonathan Lang. Prior to trial, the trial court granted Morrell's motion to sever the counts related to Scarver's murder from the counts that were related to Lang's. Following a jury trial, Morrell was found guilty on all charges related...

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