YARBROUGH v. STATE

S18A0113.

814 S.E.2d 286 (2018)

YARBROUGH v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided May 7, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer Sullivan Hanson , Atlanta Judicial Circuit Office of the Public Defender, Atlanta, Attorneys for the Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Department of Law, Paul L. Howard, Jr. , District Attorney, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder , Deputy D.A., F. McDonald Wakeford , Fulton County District Attorney's Office, Atlanta, Attorneys for the Appellee.


In January 2017, a Fulton County jury was empaneled to try Travis Yarbrough for murder and other crimes. Before the State rested its case, Yarbrough moved for a mistrial, alleging prosecutorial misconduct in the direct examination of a witness. The trial court declared a mistrial, and Yarbrough then filed a plea in bar, asserting...

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