A Georgia judge has denied a former prosecutor's legal motion to halt her upcoming trial on charges that she interfered with police investigating the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery.
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No one was arrested in Arbery’s death for more than two months until cellphone video of the killing leaked online and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation took over the case from local police. Since then, McMichael and his son, Travis McMichael, have been convicted ofEx-prosecutor charged with meddling in Ahmaud Arbery case appears in court ahead of trialJohnson was the top prosecutor in Glynn County when Arbery was killed.
Johnson’s attorneys argued that the indictment against her describes Carr’s office as a victim, meaning his staff would be among the key witnesses. Johnson’s lawyers said that creates a conflict of interest for Carr’s prosecutors handling the case.Prosecutor John Fowler told the judge that people in the attorney general’s office who dealt directly with Johnson in Arbery’s case no longer work there.
Carr has said he appointed Barnhill without knowing that Johnson had already called on him days earlier to advise police in Arbery’s killing. Barnhill told police he saw no grounds for arrests, as he believed Arbery was shot in self-defense.
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