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Posted on Wed, Aug. 29, 2007 - Macon Telegraph -
page
1B.
http://www.macon.com/149/story/124317.html
Woman indicted for vehicular homicide
The woman accused of hitting an
85-year-old man
with her car as he returned from his mailbox in January
has been
indicted on two counts of homicide by vehicle, according
to the Bibb
County District Attorney's Office.
Malaika Patrice Johnson, 34, struck Peter Holliday with
her car on
Forest Hill Road on Jan. 20, according to the
indictment.
At the time of the accident, police officers said a car
swerved to
avoid hitting Holliday, but a second car driven by
Johnson fatally
struck him.
Johnson was found to be driving under the influence of
marijuana and
cocaine, according to the indictment.
As of Wednesday, records at the district attorney's
office showed
Johnson had not obtained legal representation.
Holliday's son, Dr. Lindsay Holliday, has been a
longtime activist
opposing the proposed widening of Forest Hill Road.
Holliday said his father had been safely crossing Forest
Hill Road to
check his mail for 60 years prior to his death.
He said he believes his father's death could have been
prevented had
the Georgia Department of Transportation approved an
alternative
widening plan that would have created a planted median
and pedestrian
refuge.
"He made it across the first lane, Holliday said. "She
hit him in the
second lane.
"Had the road been designed differently it wouldn't have
happened."
Johnson is scheduled to be arraigned on Sept. 12. |
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"Had
the road been designed differently it wouldn't have
happened."
8-30-07 sent to:
Harold.Linnenkohl@dot.state.ga.us,
Tom Moreland <TMoreland@maai.net>,
Subject: Ga DOT designs make pedestrians die
Cc:
lwalker@whgb-law.com, cbishop@co.bibb.ga.us,
erichardson@co.bibb.ga.us,
ERichardson@stantec.com, Allen Peake
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Hinson <benhinson@midgeorgiaambulance.com>,
Kenneth Sheets
<ksheets@co.bibb.ga.us>,
vryle@mbpz.org,
Max.Azizi@FHWA.dot.gov,
Katy.Allen@fhwa.dot.gov,
"Elizabeth Shirk"
<Elizabeth_Shirk@dnr.state.ga.us>,
"Richard Cloues"
<Richard_Cloues@dnr.state.ga.us>,Larry.Dent@dot.state.ga.us,
Larry.Dreihaup@FHWA.Dot.gov,
"Keepler, Harvey"
<Harvey.Keepler@dot.state.ga.us>
Cecil.Staton@senate.ga.gov,rbrown@legis.state.ga.us, Rep
Tony Sellier
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<agfreeman@fickling.com>, Rep David Lucas
<dlucas@legis.state.ga.us>, Rep Nikki
Randall
<nrandall@legis.state.ga.us>, Bibb Sheriff
Jerry Modena via
Captain David Davis <ddavis@co.bibb.ga.us>,
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Posted on Tue, Mar. 25, 2008
Macon woman sentenced to four years in fatality
A Macon woman was sentenced to serve four years in prison
and six years
on probation after pleading guilty to fatally striking a
Forest Hill
Road man with her car.
Malaika Patrice Johnson, 35, entered a guilty plea in Bibb
County
Superior Court this morning to homicide by vehicle in the
death of
85-year-old Peter Holliday, said Bibb County assistant
district
attorney John Regan.
Holliday was struck as he walked across Forest Hill Road
after checking
his mail Jan. 20, 2007, according to court records.
At the time of the accident, police officers said a car
swerved to
avoid hitting Holliday, but a second car driven by Johnson
fatally
struck him.
Johnson was found to be under the influence of drugs when
she struck
Holliday, according to court records.
Holliday's son, Dr. Lindsay Holliday, has been a longtime
activist
opposing a proposed widening of Forest Hill Road.
http://www.macon.com/543/story/303543.html
Posted on Mon, Mar. 24, 2008
http://www.macon.com/149/story/303342.html
Macon woman sentenced to 4 years prison for fatally
striking pedestrian while driving drunk in 2007
A Macon woman was sentenced to serve four years in prison
and six years
on probation after pleading guilty to fatally striking a
Forest Hill
Road man with her car.
Malaika Patrice Johnson, 35, entered a guilty plea in Bibb
County
Superior Court this morning to homicide by vehicle in the
death of
85-year-old Peter Holliday, said Bibb County Assistant
District
Attorney John Regan.
Holliday was struck as he walked across Forest Hill Road
after checking
his mail on Jan. 20, 2007, according to court records.
At the time of the accident, police officers said a car
swerved to
avoid hitting Holliday, but a second car driven by Johnson
fatally
struck him.
Johnson was found to be under the influence of drugs when
she struck
Holliday, according to court records.
Holliday's son, Dr. Lindsay Holliday, has been a longtime
activist
opposing a proposed widening of Forest Hill Road.
4 years???
- Posted by: Momof2
- 3/24/2008 8:40 PM
 Avg 4.50, 8 votes
She's would have gotten life if the victim was walking a
dog.
- Posted by: grayrider
- 3/24/2008 10:18 PM
- Avg 3.28, 7 votes
I am surprised she got more than 2 years. We don't punish
criminals
anymore. Instead, we let Mercer Law students argue against
their unfair
treatment in jail!
- Posted by: tired_of_all_the_BS
- 3/24/2008 11:04 PM
- Avg 3.00, 10
votes
If it were a man who had done this, he would have got 8-10
years easy.
Let me guess, the defense attorney played the "kids without
their mom"
angle, and the Judge bought it.
- Posted by: usmcdawg
- 3/25/2008 7:00 AM
- Avg 3.80, 10
votes
The court system is starting to make us believe that there
isn't much
difference in an animal's life and a human life. Lately the
sentences
handed down in relation to this matter really aren't as far
apart as
they should be.
- Posted by: HALFDEAD
- 3/25/2008 8:09 AM
- Avg 5.00, 1 vote
i hate drunk drivers .. it is a license to kill.. better
than shooting
some one with a gun.. i wish victims who are now dead at
these
criminal's hands had as much rights as their murderers..
- Posted by: beenthere
- 3/25/2008 8:34 AM
- Avg 3.75, 4 votes
What kind of drugs? What level of intoxication?
- Posted by: mark318
- 3/25/2008 8:34 AM
- Avg 3.00, 1 vote
What kind of drugs? It does not matter. What level of
intoxication? It
does not matter.
- Posted by: Stan
- 3/25/2008 8:54 AM
- Avg 4.33, 3 votes
Four years in prison is ridiculous for killing someone! It
was a plea
agreement not a sentence after a trial so don't place all of
the blame
on the judge. Johnson committed the crime. She should do
more time, but
that is the way the system works.
- Posted by: littlelady
- 3/25/2008 11:02 AM
- Avg 4.00, 2 votes
Four years is not enough time for someone's life but,enough
time for
someone to get there life together, get off of drugs,pray
and ask God
for forgiveness, and most of all forgive yourself.
- Posted by: Dirtyredd
- 3/25/2008 5:11 PM
-
What kind of drugs? Might have been 1 joint she smoked 2-3
week ago.
Thats like being convicted of drunk driving cause you got
drunk 2-3
weeks ago. Makes no sense. She could be dead straight when
the accident
occured, but marijuana stays in your system. I don't know if
this is
the case.
- Posted by: satellite
- 3/25/2008 5:35 PM
- Avg 5.00, 1 vote
Didn't we have a story a few weeks ago about a man getting 6
years for
killing a dog?
- Posted by: tomkat1
- 3/25/2008 5:41 PM
- Avg 5.00, 1 vote
If I remember correctly the guy who killed a dog got six
years.
Somethings not right here.
- Posted by: hfsess
- 3/25/2008 8:04 PM
- Avg 5.00, 1 vote
For once I agree with Mark318. It DOES matter to what extent
the drugs
were influencing Ms. Johnson. So what were the drugs? How
did they
influence her?
It's easy for us to criticize the judge's decision. Without
all the
facts, we should hesitate to do so. Perhaps the judge felt
she was
culpable, but that there were mitigating circumstances or
that the
offense itself was not as greivous as many of the posters
have felt it
to be.
- Posted by: Thom
- 3/25/2008 11:38 PM
COMMENT ON THIS STORY AT MACON.COM.
To contact writer Amy Leigh Womack, call 744-4398.
4-4-08 notes:
John Ragan (sp?)
a Bibb Co. prosecuting attny 621-6427
78feet skids =
43mph.
Ga Law has 0 tolerance for any metabolite-traces of
Cocaine. trace also of THC from 72 hours previous.
The cocaine
traces automatically make the case a vehicular homicide.
No Judge was used
for
the plea-bargain between the public defender and the
public prosecutor.
6-13-08 621-6427 phone tree 411 directory "Ragan" not an
option.
Kim Swartz x109 is assist DA/narcotics
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http://www.pap.state.ga.us/opencms/opencms/
State Board of Pardons and
Paroles
2 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, SE
Suite 458, Balcony Level, East Tower
Atlanta, Georgia 30334-4909
Telephone: (404)
657-9350
Clemency_Information@pap.state.ga.us
Defendant: Malaika Patrice
Johnson
Crime: Vhicular Homicide - 1st degree
Sentence Date: 3-24-08
Date of Crime 1-20-07 in Bibb Co
Case# M07013340-01
Indictment # 62977
Dear Sirs,
I would like to speak with someone about mitigating
circumstance in
this case.
Please call me, or email.
Thank-you,
- Lindsay Holliday
6-12-08 7:10pm
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Bibb County Jail info:
621-5613
Public Defender:
Wm Lee Robinson 621-5950
Bibb COunty State Court:
http://www.co.bibb.ga.us/StateCourt/StateCourt.asp
Bibb County Jail
Inmate
Information System
http://www.co.bibb.ga.us/BSOInmatesOnline/BSOSearchPage.asp
"Johnson" not listed as inmate as of 12-31-08
Writing An Inmate
When writing an inmate of the Bibb County Law
Enforcement Center, please address your envelope as follows.
Bibb County Law Enforcement Center
Attention Inmate: Joe A. Smith
P. O. Box 1917
Macon, GA 31202-1917
http://www.bibbsheriff.org/
1-15-09
called public def office ask for Lee R - out till next
week. Find
the assigned case worker for Ms Johnson is Cheryl Milton(sp?
direct
phone is 621-5978) who is also out, but message to
call me at
work.
1-21-09 call back from Lisa Bell 621-5982
assistant to
several of the public defenders here. Left message..
4-9-09 spoke with Lisa Bell... refers to case worker Cheryl
Milton
621-5978... left message (in court today) CM is in
Mental Health
Division of Public Defend.
4-10-09 Ms Milton thanked me for input. Refer to Ga
Dept of
Corrections
http://www.dcor.state.ga.us/
Not found on that site.
Call Ms Milton again. Shen could not help and
refered me to
call the Bibb Co DA office - John Ragan was the prosecutor.
621-6427...
LM
Ragan and I spoke at length. He says that sometimes
the inmates
name is not listed on the DOC site - for reasons
unknown. His
info says defendaent got 10 years sentence and it appears
she was
transferred and is still incarcerated in Atl at the Metro
State Pen -
and all womens institution. Inmate info diect call
number there
is 404-656-4661. or 5651 for another
division. I
called Ms Milton and left a message that I expect her to get
me in
contact with the inmate for me to write a letter - for her
to help me
to help her client.
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