State v. GRIER (And Vice Versa)

309 Ga. 452

FINAL COPY S20A0633, S20X0634. THE STATE v. GRIER; and vice versa. BLACKWELL, Justice. In 2010, Quantavious Grier was tried by a Fulton County jury and convicted of felony murder and other crimes in connection with the robbery and fatal shooting of James Yarborough.1 Grier filed a motion for new trial, and in 2019, the trial court granted his motion “as a matter of law and facts, sitting as the thirteenth juror.” In support of its ruling, the trial court found that the case against Grier was based substantially upon the testimony of Rimion Rawlings, 1 The crimes were committed in…