http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/trialblog/?cxntfid=blogs_trial The latest coverage on high-profile court cases. en-us 2007-01-16T14:15:09-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 The latest coverage on high-profile court cases. http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/trialblog/entries/2007/01/16/judge_orders_tu.html?cxntfid=blogs_trial Lynn Turner, the former 911 operator convicted of fatally poisoning her husband, will stand trial outside of Forsyth County for allegedly killing her firefighter boyfriend by similar means. Forsyth County Chief Superior Court Judge Jeffrey S. Bagley ordered Turner’s capital... 126219@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/trialblog/ Lynn Turner trial 2007-01-16T14:15:09-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/trialblog/entries/2007/01/11/poisoning_trial_1.html?cxntfid=blogs_trial Jury selection continued at a slow pace Wednesday in the trial of Lynn Turner, a former Cobb County 911 operator accused of killing her husband and her Forsyth County boyfriend. By 7 p.m., as the third day of juror interviews... 125201@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/trialblog/ Lynn Turner trial 2007-01-11T14:36:05-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/trialblog/entries/2007/01/09/poisoning_trial.html?cxntfid=blogs_trial Pretrial publicity and the death penalty remained the big issues in Day 2 of jury selection in the trial of Lynn Turner, a former Cobb County 911 operator accused of killing two lovers. On Tuesday, prosecutors and Turner’s defense team... 124597@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/trialblog/ Lynn Turner trial 2007-01-09T18:13:10-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/trialblog/entries/2007/01/08/jury_selection_2.html?cxntfid=blogs_trial Lynn Turner was back in the courthouse where she once worked Monday for the first day of jury selection for her trial in the 2001 antifreeze poisoning death of Forsyth County firefighter Randy Thompson. Turner already is facing life in... 124009@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/trialblog/ Lynn Turner trial 2007-01-08T18:22:20-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/trialblog/entries/2006/09/15/hearn_family_st.html?cxntfid=blogs_trial Barton Corbin pleaded guilty Friday in the slaying of Dorothy “Dolly” Hearn in Augusta in 1990. Her family released this statement: Dorothy Carlisle Hearn, our beloved Dolly, was taken from us over 16 years ago when she was a senior... 97719@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/trialblog/ Bart Corbin trial 2006-09-15T16:24:24-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/trialblog/entries/2006/09/15/corbin_family_g.html?cxntfid=blogs_trial Statement released by the family of Barton Corbin after he pleaded guilty Friday in two slayings. No one in his family was in attendance Friday. “The Corbin family is saddened by today’s guilty plea by Bart but hope that the... 97714@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/trialblog/ Bart Corbin trial 2006-09-15T15:36:44-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/trialblog/entries/2006/09/15/neighbor_said_h.html?cxntfid=blogs_trial Neighbors of Barton and Jennifer Corbin today said they were relieved the case was over. The Corbins lived in a Buford development. A neighbor who lives across from the home said he was not surprised Barton Corbin pleaded guilty today... 97696@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/trialblog/ Bart Corbin trial 2006-09-15T12:56:02-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/trialblog/entries/2006/09/15/da_describes_ki.html?cxntfid=blogs_trial Richmond County District Attorney Danny Craig detailed the murder of Dorothy “Dolly” Hearn in Augusta in 1990. He described how Barton Corbin went to her apartment, took the license plate off of his car, and then went into her apartment... 97691@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/trialblog/ Bart Corbin trial 2006-09-15T12:44:15-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/trialblog/entries/2006/09/15/corbin_disgrace.html?cxntfid=blogs_trial Carlton Hearn, Dorothy “Dolly” Hearn’s brother, said: “Bart Corbin stole from me and he stole from my family and he stole from the world….”He said that his sister would have exemplified the traits of humanitarianism necessary to be a dentist.”... 97690@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/trialblog/ Bart Corbin trial 2006-09-15T12:03:43-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/trialblog/entries/2006/09/14/courtroom_packe_1.html?cxntfid=blogs_trial Jury selection resumed today in the Barton Corbin trial without any explanation of the abrupt day-and-a-half hiatus that a judge had ordered. On Tuesday, Gwinnett Superior Court Judge Michael Clark halted jury selection in the murder case until today and... 97328@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/trialblog/ Bart Corbin trial 2006-09-14T10:50:50-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/trialblog/entries/2006/09/14/jury_selction_r.html?cxntfid=blogs_trial Jury selection resumed today in the Barton Corbin trial without any explanation of the abrupt day-and-a-half hiatus that a judge had ordered. On Tuesday, Gwinnett Superior Court Judge Michael Clark halted jury selection in the murder case until today and... 97322@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/trialblog/ Bart Corbin trial 2006-09-14T10:45:53-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/trialblog/entries/2006/09/13/jury_selection_1.html?cxntfid=blogs_trial With only six potential jurors qualified for service, jury selection in the Barton Corbin murder trial was halted abruptly Tuesday. Gwinnett Superior Court Judge Michael Clark blamed the delay on “scheduling conflicts” and said jury selection will resume Thursday. Corbin... 96779@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/trialblog/ Bart Corbin trial 2006-09-13T06:45:28-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/trialblog/entries/2006/09/11/defense_media_c.html?cxntfid=blogs_trial Lawyers for dentist Barton Corbin again asked a judge to move his upcoming trial out of Gwinnett. During jury selection this morning, defense attorney Bruce Harvey cited recent stories in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution as one of the reasons he wants... 96377@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/trialblog/ Bart Corbin trial 2006-09-11T15:27:07-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/trialblog/entries/2006/09/08/jury_may_be_seq_1.html?cxntfid=blogs_trial Jurors in the murder trial of Dr. Barton Corbin may be sequestered, a judge told potential jurors on Friday. Though he said he was leaning against it, Gwinnett Superior Court Judge Michael Clark told the 329 people during the second... 95931@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/trialblog/ Bart Corbin trial 2006-09-08T19:44:27-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/trialblog/entries/2006/09/08/six_more_potent.html?cxntfid=blogs_trial Jury selection continued this morning in the murder trial of Dacula dentist Barton Corbin as 14 more potential jurors were dismissed. Presiding Judge Michael Clark is now telling potential jurors that they may be sequestered. Dismissed were a Snellville police... 95837@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/trialblog/ Bart Corbin trial 2006-09-08T12:22:34-05:00