BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A former Georgia district attorney charged with illegally interfering with police investigating the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery made her first court appearance Wednesday, more than three years after being indicted by a grand jury.
Former Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney Jackie Johnson listens Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024, at the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Georgia , prior to a pretrial motions hearing in her violation of oath office case. Former Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney Jackie Johnson speaks to people Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024, at the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Georgia , prior to a pretrial motions hearing in her violation of oath office case.
Senior Judge John R. Turner has scheduled jury selection for Johnson’s trial to start Jan. 21. Attorneys on both sides told the judge Wednesday they expect the case to take about 2 1/2 weeks. After Johnson was charged in 2021, she reported to jail for booking and was released without having to post bond. Her attorneys waived a formal reading of the charges in court.
First, the judge will have to decide whether to let Carr’s office try the case. Steel has asked Turner to disqualify the Republican attorney general from prosecuting Johnson. He says the indictment accuses Johnson of withholding information from Carr’s office in 2020 when she suggested it appoint George Barnhill, a neighboring jurisdiction’s prosecutor, to handle Arbery’s killing.
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