Dozier v. Georgia
Annotate this CaseKeith Dozier was convicted of malice murder, aggravated assault, and theft by taking in connection with the 2012 death of Gail Spencer. On appeal, he argued the trial court erred in sentencing him for felony theft by taking, failed to exercise its discretion when it sentenced Dozier to life without parole for the murder, erred when it recharged the jury on party to a crime, and erred in denying a motion to suppress his statement to police. The Georgia Supreme Court affirmed all of Dozier’s convictions except for his conviction of felony theft by taking, which was reversed and remanded to the trial court with direction to enter a conviction and sentence for misdemeanor theft by taking under OCGA 16-8-2.
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