Jurors’ verdict: Not guilty in 2013 slaying
Jurors on Monday acquitted two Savannah men of murder and related charges in the 2013 slaying of Achmed Kiwaan Williams. The nine women and three men returned to Chatham County Superior Court after about two hours of deliberations and returned acquittals on all counts for Terrell Nelson, 20, and Germaine “Juk” Grant, 24. Jurors had returned to court Monday after a weekend recess following three hours of deliberations on Friday evening.
Both Grant’s lawyer, Assistant Public Defender John Rodman, and attorney David Burns, who represents Nelson, challenged Seabrook’s credibility and contended the state’s evidence did not support guilty verdicts.
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Eatery manager gunned down son, co-owner testifies
The manager of a southside restaurant gunned down grill cook John Cornish last October following a heated exchange earlier, the business co-owner testified Tuesday.”I seen a towel (covering a pistol),” Cynthia Cornish, who is the victim’s mother, told jurors. “The next thing I know I heard a shot. After one shot, I heard another.”Michael “Scrappb2” Grant, 52, is on trial in Chatham County Superior Court on charges of criminal attempt to commit murder, aggravated assault and fleeing and eluding in the Oct. 16, 2010, shooting of John Cornish, 34. The victim was shot multiple times and wounded by Grant following an argument at MaRandy’s Restaurant, a family owned business at Skidaway Road and Eisenhower Drive. Cornish survived. Trial is to resume today before Judge Michael Karpf and the jury. It is expected to last at least through Friday.
On cross examination by Assistant Public Defender John Rodman, Cynthia Cornish admitted her son had a temper and was prone to verbal blowups at the business.
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