DOUGHERTY v. STATE

No. S22A0643.

880 S.E.2d 523 (2022)

Robert Kyle DOUGHERTY v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

November 2, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Doug Patrick Smith , Towaliga Circuit Public Defender, 135 L. Cary Bittick Drive, Forsyth, Georgia 31029, for Appellant.

Jonathan Lang Adams , District Attorney, Cynthia Trimboli Adams , A.D.A., Towaliga Circuit District Attorney's Office, 326 Thomaston Street, Barnesville, Georgia 30204, Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Alex Martin Bernick , Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Dorothy Vinson Hull , A.D.A., Towaliga Circuit District Attorney's Office, 137 L. Cary Bittick Drive, Forsyth, Georgia 31028, for Appellee.


Appellant was convicted of felony murder, conspiracy to commit armed robbery, abandonment of a dead body, concealing the death of another, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. On March 27, 2014, a disposition was entered that failed to resolve Count 4 of the indictment, which charged Appellant with armed robbery.

On March 31, 2014, Appellant filed pro se a motion for a new trial. In September 2014, Appellant's new post-conviction counsel...

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