Legal Opinion
Hightower v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 18, 2023No. S22A0870PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
315 Ga. 399
FINAL COPY S22A0870. HIGHTOWER v. THE STATE. MCMILLIAN, Justice. Michelle Antoinette Hightower was charged with malice murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of Michael McGee on September 5, 2017. Hightower’s trial on these charges began in the Superior Court of Fulton County on March 9, 2020, and four days later, on March 13, after the Chief Judge of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit issued an order declaring a judicial emergency due to the continued transmission of the COVID-19 virus, the trial court declared a mistrial in Hightower’s case, over defense…
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