"Ga. high court reverses man’s murder conviction" by Jeff Martin and Kathleen Foody Associated Press June 16, 2015
ATLANTA — Georgia’s highest court on Monday reversed the murder conviction of a man imprisoned for killing a father who had just dropped off his son at preschool, renewing a criminal case that prosecutors said stemmed from a deadly love-triangle.
The Georgia Supreme Court rendered the 6-1 decision in the case of Hemy Neuman, who was sentenced to life in prison without chance of parole for the November 2010 killing of Russell ‘‘Rusty’’ Sneiderman. A jury in March 2012 found Neuman guilty but mentally ill of malice murder in Sneiderman’s death.
It's hard not to notice the double standards of AmeriKan Justus or the interest of the paper, such as it is.
Neuman, who worked with Sneiderman’s wife Andrea, donned a fake beard as a disguise during the attack and opened fire moments after Russell Sneiderman dropped off his 3-year-old son at Dunwoody Prep daycare, prosecutors said.
What is not new lately are the web adders to my printed pos.
The DeKalb County District Attorney’s office is prepared to retry Neuman, office spokesman Erik Burton said. Neuman will remain in custody because a request for bond was denied prior to his trial, Burton said. Neuman’s attorney Doug Peters said Neuman will not ask a judge to reconsider bond.
In its opinion, the Supreme Court said the trial judge erred in allowing notes and records of two mental health experts who examined Neuman before trial.
The attorney-client privilege is ‘‘the oldest of the privileges for confidential communications known to the common law,’’ the opinion states.
At Neuman’s trial, both the prosecution and the defense contended Neuman and Sneiderman’s wife were having an affair. Andrea Sneiderman has repeatedly denied it.
Prosecutors suggested during Neuman’s trial that Andrea Sneiderman was a co-conspirator, but they said Neuman was ultimately driven to kill Rusty Sneiderman because Neuman wanted Sneiderman’s wife and his money. Neuman’s defense attorneys said their client was mentally ill and that Andrea Sneiderman manipulated him into killing her husband.
This is getting real sordid, and I really don't care.
Andrea Sneiderman was convicted of perjury and making false statements during the investigation of her husband’s death, and was released from prison in June 2014.
Neuman’s attorneys on Monday suggested that her convictions will be an issue during the retrial. Attorney J. Scott Key called Andrea Sneiderman ‘‘probably the most important witness’’ of the trial.
‘‘There are a set of very complex questions that are ahead for us, for the state and for the court,’’ Key said.
Paul Milich, a professor at Georgia State University’s College of Law, said the high court’s decision will prevent prosecutors from using the experts’ conclusions again. He also expects prosecutors to zero in on Neuman’s insanity defense and avoid problems that cropped up during the first trial, including a ‘‘difficult witness’’ in Andrea Sneiderman.
‘‘Whenever you retry a case, you have the advantage of learning from the lessons of the first trial,’’ Milich said.
Justice Harold Melton focused his dissent on a form that Neuman signed in jail before meeting with both mental health experts. The form stated their examination of him was ‘‘not confidential’’ and that anything discussed may be included in reports or disclosed in court, according to Melton’s dissent.
According to court documents, the experts each met separately with Neuman once and later held a meeting together at the jail where Neuman was held. The majority justices said the form was only used at the jail meeting.
The earlier meetings and communications between Neuman’s attorneys and the experts were intended to be confidential ‘‘as part of the attorneys’ assessment of the viability of an insanity defense,’’ the opinion states.
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What's insane is continuing to read this crap.
