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Alabama man’s murder conviction in Georgia shooting tossed over rap video played in court

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Morgan Baker, a Mobile man convicted in the fatal 2019 shooting of a security guard outside a Warner Robins nightclub, had his conviction reversed this week in a 7-2 ruling. A majority of Georgia Supreme Court justices determined that the judge in Baker's trial abused her discretion by allowing prosecutors to show a 33-second clip from a music video in which he waved a pistol.

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Alabama man’s murder conviction in Georgia shooting tossed over rap video played in court

Georgia’s highest court has overturned the murder conviction of a man sentenced to serve life in prison, ruling that a rap video played at his trial unfairly prejudiced the jury deciding the case.Morgan Baker, a Mobile man convicted in the fatal 2019 shooting of a security guard outside a Warner Robins nightclub, had his conviction reversed this week in a 7-2 ruling.

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