Moon v. Georgia
Annotate this CaseWalter Terry Moon, Jr., was convicted by jury of murder and other offenses in connection with the shooting deaths of Emily Pickles and Michael Biancosino. Moon challenged the sufficiency of the evidence, contending among other things, that the trial court erred by: (1) denying his motions to suppress evidence and to sever a count of the indictment, by admitting evidence that he committed a prior crime, and (2) removing a holdout juror during deliberation without sufficient cause. The Georgia Supreme Court agreed the trial court abused its discretion in removing the holdout juror, and because the error was presumed harmful, Moon’s convictions were reversed. The Court addressed certain issues likely to recur upon retrial, and remanded for a new trial.
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