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Downey v. State

Citations

  • 298 Ga. 568
  • 783 S.E.2d 622
  • 2016 Ga. LEXIS 199

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  • “[A] conviction as a party to a crime requires proof that the defendant shared a common criminal intent with the principal perpetrator of the crime.” (citation and punctuation omitted)
  • to prevail on a juror misconduct claim the defendant must satisfy both the required prongs for establishing such a claim
  • \accomplice need only have knowledge that the principal is engaging in reckless conduct and intentionally assist or encourage that conduct with the intent to promote or facilitate its commission. [Cits.]\

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Judges: Blackwell, Thompson, Hines, Benham, Melton, Nahmias, Hunstein

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