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State v. Jones

Citations

  • 553 S.E.2d 612
  • 274 Ga. 287
  • 2001 Fulton County D. Rep. 2979
  • 2001 Ga. LEXIS 767

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that a count charging a violation of OCGA § 16-10-31 “does not charge either murder or a lesser included offense thereof. . . .”
  • Georgia felony murder law does not require that the defendant be charged and convicted of the underlying felony
  • “expiration of the limitations period for the underlying felony does not preclude a prosecution for felony murder”
  • “expiration of the limitations period for the underlying felony does not preclude a prosecution for felony murder.”
  • \Foreign jurisdictions which have considered the issue before us have uniformly held on that `the running of the statute of limitations on the underlying felony is irrelevant to a prosecution for felony murder.'\ (citations omitted)

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Judges: Carley, Benham

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