Rice v. Georgia
Annotate this CaseAppellant Malik Rice appealed his convictions for felony murder and other related crimes in connection with the shooting death of Clarence Gardenhire. Rice argued on appeal that the trial court committed plain error in failing to charge the jury on accomplice corroboration and that his conviction for aggravated assault should have merged into his conviction for criminal attempt to commit armed robbery. Finding no plain error, the Georgia Supreme Court affirmed Rice’s convictions, but it vacated his conviction and sentence for aggravated assault because the Court agreed that it should have merged with his conviction for criminal attempt to commit armed robbery under the facts of this case.
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