Lowndes Co. man wins reversal in murder case The court sided with Pindling s argument (Source: GA DOC) By WALB News Team | April 5, 2021 at 8:47 AM EDT - Updated April 5 at 8:47 AM
ATLANTA, Ga. (WALB) - A man serving a life-without-parole prison sentence has had his convictions for malice murder and other crimes reversed under an opinion Monday by the Supreme Court of Georgia.
Michael Pindling was convicted in Lowndes County for his role in the 2013 shooting death of Robert Pett. After the trial court denied his motion for a new trial, Pindling argued that the trial judge plainly erred when instructing the jury that a single witness’s testimony was sufficient to prove a fact without also instructing the jury that if the single witness was an accomplice to the crime, that person’s testimony must be corroborated.