Allaben v. Georgia
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Appellant Dennis Allaben was convicted of malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault with intent to murder, battery, simple battery, and reckless conduct in connection with the strangulation death of his wife, Maureen. The felony murder verdict was vacated by operation of law, and the trial court entered a judgment of conviction only for malice murder, merging the remaining verdicts into that conviction. On appeal, Allaben contended that, among other things, the jury returned mutually exclusive verdicts. After its review, the Supreme Court concluded that the guilty verdict on reckless conduct was mutually exclusive of the remaining verdicts, therefore the Court reversed Allaben's conviction for malice murder, set aside all the guilty verdicts, and remanded the case for further proceedings.
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