Fulton County Judge's Failure to Instruct Jury Leads to Overturning of Former Atlanta Attorney's Murder Conviction
"[T]he harm from the trial court’s failure to instruct the jury on the defense of accident was compounded by the trial court’s express instruction that the jury must 'disregard' that accident was a key legal principle," Georgia Supreme Court Justice Nels Peterson said.
By Mason Lawlor
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