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WILLIAMS v. STATE

S16A0965.

791 S.E.2d 55 (2016)

WILLIAMS, v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: September 12, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Lawrence Persse, Office of the Public Defender, Eastern Judicial Circuit, 222 West Oglethorpe Avenue, Fifth Floor, Savannah, Georgia 31401, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Richard Ashley Mallard, District Attorney, Michael Thomas Muldrew, Senior A.D.A., Keith A. McIntyre, A.D.A., Ogeechee Judicial Circuit, District Attorney's Office, One Courtland Street, Second Floor, Statesboro, Georgia 30458, for Appellee.

We granted this interlocutory appeal to address whether OCGA § 16-12-1, as it applies to felony contributing to the deprivation or delinquency of a minor, qualifies as a predicate offense for felony murder. We hold that it does not and we reverse the judgment of the trial court.

Appellant Allan Ray Williams was indicted...

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