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Waugh v. State

Citations

  • 437 S.E.2d 297
  • 263 Ga. 692

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  • concluding that a 15-year-old is capable of forming the requisite criminal intent to commit criminal damage to property in the first degree
  • discussing the distinction between conduct that may be merely criminally negligent or reckless with conduct which, by its nature, may only be considered a criminally intended act
  • appellant had no standing to complain that the trial court accepted his co-defendant’s guilty plea
  • appellant had no standing to complain that the trial court accepted his codefendant’s guilty plea
  • reckless conduct is an instance of criminal negligence, rather than an intentional act, which causes bodily harm to or endangers the bodily safety of another
  • felony murder predicated on criminal damage to property, OCGA § 16-7-22 (a) (1)

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Judges: Carley

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