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CHUA v. STATE

No. S11A0051.

710 S.E.2d 540 (2011)

289 Ga. 220

CHUA v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

May 31, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Garland, Samuel, Loeb, Donald Franklin Samuel, Atlanta, for appellant.

Jacquelyn Lee Johnson, District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Benjamin Henry Pierman, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

HINES, Justice.

Noel Chua appeals his convictions for felony murder and violating the Georgia Controlled Substances Act, in connection with the death of James B. Carter.1 For the reasons that follow, we affirm in part and vacate in part.

1. Carter died of drug intoxication brought about by a self-inflicted combination of morphine, oxycodone, and methadone. Chua, a physician, wrote prescriptions...

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