No New Trial for Andrea Sneiderman, Judge Says

The woman who was convicted of perjury in connection to statements she made on the witness stand in the trail of her husband’s killer will not get a new trial, a DeKalb County judge said Tuesday.

Andrea Sneiderman served 10 months in prison for perjury, making false statements, and hindering police in their investigation of the murder of Rusty Sneiderman, who was killed outside a Dunwoody daycare in 2010. Andrea Sneiderman’s boss, Hemy Neuman, was found guilty but mentally ill of Rusty Sneiderman’s murder and was sentenced to life in prison.

Andrea Sneiderman’s attorney Brian Steel argued for a new trial for his client on the grounds that Sneiderman’s perjured statements had no bearing on Neuman’s conviction. The attorney also claimed that Judge Gregory Adams influenced the verdict through his instructions to jurors.

Adams ruled on Tuesday that Andrea Sneiderman’s conviction would stand due to the amount of evidence presented by the prosecution which showed Sneiderman had lied to police and in court, WSB-TV said. Additionally, Adamrs ruled that the trial was held properly, with no improper instructions to jurors or errors in the charges filed against the widow.