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Georgia Supreme Court Reverses Armed Robbery Conviction, Defendant Lacked Dominion
Loaded on Jan. 19, 2018
by Dale Chappell
published in Criminal Legal News
February, 2018, page 19
Filed under:
Criminal Procedure.
Location:
Georgia.
by Dale Chappell
Unless the State can prove a defendant had “complete dominion” over the property he intended to steal from a person, he cannot be guilty of armed robbery, the Georgia Supreme Court held on October 20, 2017.
Just before Christmas 2008, Brodrick Williams and some friends approached a ...
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