The Georgia Court of Appeals has reversed a hit-and-run vehicular homicide conviction for a woman who ran over her own boyfriend after a night out drinking, saying the trial judge was wrong to let the jury know she had been arrested for driving under the influence again afterward.

“We find the evidence sufficient, but reverse her convictions because the trial court erred by admitting evidence of the subsequent act,” Presiding Judge Sara Doyle said in an opinion released Monday. She was joined by Chief Judge Stephen Dillard and Judge Amanda Mercier.

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