Williams v. Georgia
Annotate this CaseAppellant Allan Ray Williams was indicted in connection with the death of infant Collen Durden. Specifically, Williams was charged with felony murder “while in the commission of a felony, Contributing to the Deprivation of a Minor, by willfully failing to care for said child so that [he] died from asphyxiation in violation of OCGA 16-12-1 (b) (3).” The Georgia Supreme Court granted an interlocutory appeal to address whether OCGA 16-12-1, as it applied to felony contributing to the deprivation or delinquency of a minor, qualified as a predicate offense for felony murder. The Court held that it did not and reversed the trial court.
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