District attorneyâs first murder trial ends in mistrial, family of victim is still seeking justice
District attorneyâs first murder trial ends in mistrial, family of victim is still seeking justice By James Giles | April 30, 2021 at 9:48 AM EDT - Updated April 30 at 9:49 AM
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Newly-elected Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney, Mark Jones, prosecuted his first murder trial. The trial ended on April 28 with a Muscogee County jury deadlocked in an 8 to 4 split, leaning in the favor of a not guilty verdict.
The jury couldnât agree whether Drevon Johnson, a man accused of killing 23 year old Richard Collier at a house party back in 2016, was guilty or innocent, and by doing so extended the Collier families fight for justice a little longer.