Supreme Court of Georgia

Dublin v. State

September 13, 2017302 Ga. 60

Summary

The court affirmed Dublin’s convictions because the challenged hearsay was admissible under the co-conspirator exception, the alleged comment on his pretrial silence caused no prejudice, the curative instruction adequately addressed a witness’s reference to prior bad acts, and the evidence was sufficient. It nevertheless vacated the judgment in part because the trial court improperly merged the aggravated-assault-with-intent-to-rob count into felony murder and remanded for sentencing on that count.