The state Court of Appeals for Division II has overturned the first-degree murder conviction of Jaycee Fuller, saying Pierce County prosecutors violated his rights by suggesting to a jury that Fuller’s silences during a police interview meant he was guilty.
Appeals justices also ruled in a decision released today that Superior Court Judge Katherine Stolz improperly allowed into evidence too much information about past acts by Fuller that weren’t directly related to his trial in the death of Somali immigrant Mohamud Ahmed.
Read more here: http://blog.thenewstribune.com/crime/2012/08/08/man-convicted-of-murdering-tacoma-cabbie-to-get-new-trial/
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