Reddick v. State

The defendants' convictions for aggravated assault and reckless conduct were mutually exclusive.

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Adam R. Samuels and Demetrius Reddick were indicted by a Chatham County grand jury on charges of murder, felony murder, two counts of aggravated assault, four counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, theft by receiving, carrying a concealed weapon, carrying a pistol without a license, and reckless conduct. A jury found them guilty of the lesser included offense of voluntary manslaughter, two counts of aggravated assault, two counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, and reckless conduct, and acquitted them as to two counts of firearm possession. The State nol prossed the remaining charges. Samuels’s and Reddick’s amended motions for new trial were denied, and they appeal. Because the jury’s verdict of guilty of reckless conduct as against one victim was factually inconsistent with its guilty verdict of aggravated assault as against the same victim, we reverse the convictions for aggravated assault and reckless conduct on Counts 4 and 12 of the indictment and remand them for a new trial. In all other respects, we affirm. A03A0982

1. Reddick asserts the general grounds. Construed in favor of the jury’s verdict, the evidence shows that the deceased victim, a white male, was driving with a friend through a Savannah neighborhood on the afternoon of Christmas Day when he encountered two African-American teenage boys, brothers, riding on their bicycles. The driver and his passenger called the two teenagers vile and racially offensive names, and they responded in kind. The driver struck one of the brothers with his car, knocking him off his bicycle and causing scrapes and bruises. After the collision, the driver got out of the car and used threatening language towards the teenager who was still on the ground, then “took off.”

Reddick v. State

The defendants' convictions for aggravated assault and reckless conduct were mutually exclusive.

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