The judge overseeing a multidefendant double murder case in Cobb County rejected prosecutors’ efforts to hold defense attorneys responsible for a mistrial declared because a potential juror looked at a post from a defense lawyer’s Facebook page and shared her findings with other panelists.

Cobb County District Attorney Vic Reynolds’ office last week filed an “emergency motion” accusing defense attorneys Kim Frye and Ashleigh Merchant of violating bar rules barring public comment that might be prejudicial and false statements to the court.

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