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Defendant in Christian-Newsom Murders to Move for Acquittal

By Baker Associates

The grisly murders of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom have led to a series of trials that is still ongoing, with two of the defendants already being convicted and sentenced and a third currently on trial. Attorneys for George Thomas, the defendant currently on trial, plan to file a motion for acquittal under Rule 29 of the Tennessee Rules of Criminal Procedure which basically asks that the court make a finding that the evidence presented against the defendant is insufficient to convict the defendant of one or more of the offenses with which he or she is charged. This is a motion that is commonly used but infrequently granted because the discretion to weigh the evidence and make a determination as to guilt or innocence ordinarily rests with the jury...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog on December 07, 2009 (boomark / email).