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Foster v. State

Citations

  • 236 S.E.2d 644
  • 239 Ga. 302
  • 1977 Ga. LEXIS 891

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  • In Georgia, “ ‘recklessness’ [in reckless driving] cannot constitute malice for [malice] murder purposes, [because] another statute fea[s] expressly provided for homicides caused by [the] reckless operation of a vehicle”
  • “As a result of the enactment ... of the vehicular homicide statute . . . vehicular homicides which formerly were prosecuted as for involuntary manslaughter must now be prosecuted under the new statute.”
  • \As a result of the enactment. . . of the vehicular homicide statute. . . vehicular homicides which formerly were prosecuted as for involuntary manslaughter must now be prosecuted under the new statute.\
  • vehicular homicide lesser included offense of murder
  • vehicular homicide lesser included offense of murder

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Judges: Hall, Jordan

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