Dukes v. Georgia
Annotate this CaseDamarcus Dukes was convicted by jury of malice murder and related offenses in connection with crimes committed against Demarius Denham, Dankevion Chatman, and Uzamoake Moh. On appeal, Dukes claimed the trial court erred in three ways. Dukes was charged with multiple counts of the same crime - i.e., possession of a firearm by a first offender probationer. “And, while this would normally trigger a ‘unit of prosecution’ question,” the Georgia Supreme Court agreed with Dukes that the State’s failure to make the timeframe of the handgun possessions material allegations within the indictment caused Dukes to be improperly convicted and sentenced for the identical crime twice. With respect to his two convictions and sentences for possession of a firearm by a first offender probationer, the Supreme Court vacated these convictions and remanded for the trial court to conviction and resentence Dukes on only one of those counts. Judgment was affirmed in all other respects.
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