Young v. Georgia
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Appellant Christopher Young was tried and convicted with his codefendant, Patrick Satterfield, for the 2008 felony murder and armed robbery of Richard Boynton, Sr., the burglary of the Boynton home, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. Young, who was also convicted of misdemeanor possession of marijuana, appealed the judgment entered on the convictions. Specifically, Appellant challenged the sufficiency of the evidence admitted at trial to convict him. Furthermore, he contended the trial court abused its discretion in allowing the State to re-open its case and present testimony of two witnesses after it had rested, and in denying his motion in limine to redact from the testimony of the victim's neighbor all references to Appellant. Finding no abuse of discretion, and that the evidence presented at trial was sufficient to support his conviction, the Supreme Court affirmed with respect to those issues. However, because Appellant's burglary conviction served as the predicate felony for the felony murder conviction, the Court held it was error to sentence appellant for both felony murder and burglary. Accordingly, the Court vacated the separate judgment of conviction and sentence for burglary, and remanded the case for further proceedings.
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