Georgia v. Cash
Annotate this CaseThe State appealed the trial court’s grant of new trials to appellees, Elgerie Cash and her daughter, Jennifer Weathington, who were tried together and found guilty of malice murder, felony murder, two counts of aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony in connection with the 2011 shooting death of Lennis Jones. Appellees claimed the victim accidentally shot himself. Each filed a motion for new trial. Four days prior to the scheduled hearing on the new trial motions, the State filed a motion to recuse the trial judge. The trial judge dismissed the State’s recusal motion as legally insufficient without referring it to another judge and orally denied the State’s request for a certificate of immediate review. The State immediately filed a notice of direct appeal, which the trial court dismissed as frivolous and dilatory. After denying the State’s request for a continuance, the trial court proceeded with the motion for new trial hearing and ultimately granted both appellees’ motions for new trial, finding they received ineffective assistance of counsel at trial and that the verdicts were contrary to the principles of justice and equity and decidedly and strongly against the weight of the evidence. The State appealed. After review, the Supreme Court found no reversible error and dismissed the State's appeal of the denial of its motion to recuse and affirmed the trial court’s grant of new trials to appellees.
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