State v. Grier (and Vice Versa)

Summary

The court affirmed the trial court’s grant of Grier’s motion for a new trial on general grounds because the trial judge acted within his broad discretion as the thirteenth juror in finding that the accomplice testimony was insufficiently corroborated. The court also held that the trial evidence was legally sufficient under both federal due process and Georgia law, so retrial was not barred by double jeopardy. All the Justices concurred.