Schutt v. Georgia
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Defendant-Appellant Ashley Schutt was convicted of malice murder and other crimes in connection with the death of her husband. She appealed, arguing that the evidence was insufficient to support her conviction for aggravated assault, that her conviction for aggravated assault should have merged with her murder conviction, that she received ineffective assistance of counsel, and that the trial court erred in failing to suppress her pretrial statements to the police. Upon review, the Supreme Court affirmed the trial court's except for Defendant's sentence for aggravated assault, which was vacated because the Court agreed that the conviction for that offense merged with her murder conviction.
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