Georgia v. Grier
Annotate this CaseQuantavious Grier was tried by jury in 2010, and convicted of felony murder and other crimes in connection with the robbery and fatal shooting of James Yarborough. Grier successfully moved for a new trial. The trial court found that the case against Grier was based substantially upon the testimony of Rimion Rawlings, that the greater weight of the evidence indicated that Rawlings was Grier’s accomplice, and that Rawlings’s testimony was insufficiently corroborated by independent evidence. The State appealed, contending the trial court abused its discretion when it granted the motion for new trial. Grier cross-appealed, arguing that the trial court also should have concluded that the evidence presented at trial was legally insufficient to sustain his convictions. Upon its review of the record and the briefs, the Georgia Supreme Court found no merit in either of these claims, and affirmed.
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