Prosecutors say they plan to retry a man whose murder conviction the Georgia Supreme Court reversed Monday based on an interrogation that took place after he invoked his right to remain silent, but the defense says the second trial would include “not much” evidence with the statement tossed.
“We will definitely retry this case,” Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard said by email Monday evening, following the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in State v. Grant. “It is a murder.”
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