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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 <Rmsceo@aol.com> , Ben 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 <aesjhs@msn.com>, Rep Allen
Freeman <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
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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.
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