Just over a month after attorneys debated whether prejudicial juror misconduct should warrant a new trial for a former Houston County school bus driver involved in a deadly crash, the Supreme Court of Georgia has vacated a trial court’s judgment denying Shalita Jackson Harris’ motion.

The high court determined both the Houston County Superior Court and affirming Georgia Court of Appeals applied the wrong legal standards in denying Harris’ request for a new trial when she learned jurors researched potential sentences for the charges she faced.

This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.

To view this content, please continue to their sites.

Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Why am I seeing this?

LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.

For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]