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HAWKINS v. STATE

S92A0312.

262 Ga. 193 (1992)

415 S.E.2d 636

HAWKINS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided April 30, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Short & Fowler, Lester M. Castellow, for appellant.

H. Lamar Cole, District Attorney, Charles M. Stines, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Susan V. Boleyn, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Robert D. McCullers, Staff Attorney, for appellee.

CLARKE, Chief Justice.

Sixteen-year-old Shawn Hawkins was convicted of the felony murder of Shontonia Bentley, and the aggravated assault of Nathaniel Yates. The trial court sentenced Hawkins to life imprisonment for the murder, but set aside the conviction for aggravated assault, finding that it merged with the conviction for felony murder.1 Additionally, Hawkins was convicted of possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime...

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