GA Supreme Court Overturns Day Care Killer's Conviction

The Georgia Supreme Court has overturned the conviction of the man who shot and killed a Dunwoody father who had just dropped his son off at a day care in 2010.

Justices ruled that Hemy Neuman’s conviction was invalid because Judge Gregory Adams allowed privileged information to be introduced into the courtroom as evidence, WSB-TV reports. The 6-1 decision explicitly states that the evidence presented in court was sufficient enough to leave no reasonable doubt as to Neuman’s guilt.

Neuman was found guilty but mentally ill in 2012 for killing Rusty Sneiderman, but his lawyers appealed the conviction on the grounds that Andrea Sneiderman, the wife of the victim and mistress of the defendant, perjured herself during Neuman’s trial.

Sneiderman served 10 months in prison for perjury, making false statements, and hindering police in their investigation; her lawyers attempted to get her a new trial, but their appeal was denied by a DeKalb County judge in February.

The State of Georgia has the option to retry Neuman, who was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole following his 2012 conviction.