SOSEBEE v. STATE

S23A0589.

893 S.E.2d 653 (2023)

SOSEBEE, v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: October 11, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jake Allen Shapiro , Hall County Public Defender's Office, PO Box 390, Gainesville, Georgia 30503, for Appellant.

Matthew P. Cavedon , Northeastern Circuit Public Defender's Office, 111 Spring Street SE, Gainesville, Georgia 30501, Virginia Natasha Perdew Silas , Federal Defender Program Inc., Centennial Tower, 101 Marietta Street, NE, Suite 1500, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, Hunter Joseph Rodgers , J. Ryan Brown Law LLC, 60 Salbide Avenue, Newnan, Georgia 30263, Brandon A. Bullard , The Bullard Firm, LLC, 1827 Powers Ferry Road SE, Building 11, Suite 250, Atlanta, Georgia 38339, for Amicus Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Matthew Blackwell Crowder , Assistant Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Lee Darragh , District Attorney, Kelley Martin Robertson , A.D.A., Anna Victoria Fowler , Northeastern Circuit District Attorney's Office, P.O. Box 1690, Gainesville, Georgia 30503, for Appellee.


A Hall County jury found Christopher Sosebee guilty of felony murder in the death of Brian Hayes resulting from a car wreck.1 Sosebee contends that Count 1, felony murder, and Count 4, homicide by vehicle in the first degree, which were both predicated on Count 6, fleeing or attempting to elude, defined...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases