Were The GA Verdicts Essentially 1st Degree, 2nd Degree & 3rd Degree?

[SoCalDavidS]

There were multiple Murder charges, and only Travis got Malice Murder. Is that the equivalent of 1st Degree, or is it something else?

[MichMan]

1. I didn't understand why each one was convicted on three counts all called "Felony Murder"

[Scottie Mom]

4. For different felonies.

For example, assault with a rifle or assault with a vehicle. If someone did both, and both are felonies, then since a death resulted, there is a guilty verdict.

[MichMan]

12. Thank you for calling me uninformed, deliberately or otherwise, for asking a simple question

and telling me to research Georgia homicide laws before posting anything about the charges.

[UnderThisLaw]

13. You're welcome

[ret5hd]

15. You mad bro?

[Disaffected]

16. Many folks ask questions on this forum.

That's one of a forum's functions - to inform.

Your churlish response adds nothing but ill will.

[MineralMan]

17. No doubt there are, however, people ask all kinds of questions

on this forum, and usually, someone has a ready answer. Others just have snark to offer. Hmm....

I take it that you don't know the answer, either.

[Scottie Mom]

2. Essentially, as I see it, and I am not a GA attty,

Travis is Murder 1 and the rest were nailed on the felony-murder rule which is a death resulted during the commission of a felony. That is how I see it under Calif law.

JMHO

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. No. There were 4 felony murders each.

In Georgia an Aggravated Assault that results in death is a Felony Murder. There were two of those.

Same for Imprisonment and for Conspiracy for Imprisonment resulting in death: Felony Murder.

I am not a lawyer.

[Scottie Mom]

5. Exactly how I see it.

Each felony was a felony-murder charge. If guilty of the felony and since a death resulted, then guilty of felony murder based on that particular felony charge.

[SoCalDavidS]

7. Thanks!

Onward to the Sentencing!

[Hoyt]

9. These three Klansmen are going away for a long time.

[Dial H For Hero]

11. As well they should. I'd be fine with the death penalty for the father & son at least, but the

prosecution didn't seek it.

[Effete Snob]

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[CatWoman]

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