Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
"Murder, Assault and possession of firearm" |
Sentence: |
Life imprisonment |
Years Imprisoned: |
0.58 |
Year Crime: |
2011 |
Year Convicted: |
2013 |
Year Cleared: |
2019 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Georgia |
County or Region of Crime: |
Paulding |
City of Crime: |
Dallas |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Elgerie Cash and Jennifer Weathington were codefendants wrongly convicted in 2013 of murder, assault and possession of a firearm related to the shooting death of Weathington's boyfriend, Lennis Donovan "Donny" Jones in Paulding County, Georgia on May 30, 2011. After their convictions by a jury both Cash and Weathington were sentenced to life imprisonment. They both filed post-verdict motions for a new trial based on ineffective assistance of counsel concerning a number of deficiencies that included failing to present the evudebce of an exculpatory ballistics report by a defense retained expert. After a two-day evidentiary hearing, the convictions of both women were set-aside on May 13, 2014 by Judge James Osborne. Judge Osborne approved the release on May 22, 2014 of both Cash and Weathington on $15,000 bond each. In 2015 the Georgia Supreme Court rejected the state's appeal of Judge Osborne's ruling. After a retrial that began in April 2019, Cash and Weathington were acquitted by a jury on May 1, 2019." |
Conviction Caused By: |
Ineffective assistance of counsel. |
Innocence Proved By: |
"After a retrial that began in April 2019, Cash and Weathington were acquitted by a jury on May 1, 2019." |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
47 |
Age When Released: |
48 |
Sex: |
Female |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
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