Court reinstates vehicular homicide conviction
The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday reinstated a DeKalb County woman’s vehicular homicide conviction for striking and killing a 7-year-old boy on his way to Princeton Elementary School in February 2009.
The Court of Appeals had overturned Shirley Ogilivie’s conviction, but the state Supreme Court, in a unanimous opinion, found the appeals court to be in error. Ogilvie was convicted of two misdemeanors, including vehicular homicide in the second degree, for running over Kameron Dunmore with her SUV as he crossed South DeShon Road in the presence of a crossing guard with a stop sign.
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Bill Rankin has been an AJC reporter for more than 30 years. His father, Jim Rankin, worked as an editor for the newspaper for 26 years, retiring in 1986. Bill has primarily covered the state’s court system, doing all he can do to keep the scales of justice on an even keel. Since 2015, he has been the host of the newspaper’s Breakdown podcast.
