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The Court of Appeals ruling said the postconviction revelation that jurors had looked up information on the location of the defendant's house and that of his alleged victim created a "presumption of prejudice" the state could not overcome.
May 23, 2018 at 01:44 PM
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The Georgia Court of Appeals has ordered a new trial for a man convicted on a peeping Tom charge after jurors used their cellphones to look up information about his house and that of his alleged victim.
Floyd County prosecutors learned of the jurors’ online research after the trial and alerted defense counsel, whose request for a new trial had been denied.
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