New trial for woman charged with murdering ex-girlfriend
The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday ordered a new trial for a woman convicted in Fulton County for the 2005 murder of her former girlfriend, while also upholding the murder conviction against the woman's son.
Tonya Miller and her son, Jabaris Miller, were both convicted of the beating and stabbing death of Cheryl Miranda, 55, with whom Tonya Miller had a romantic and tumultuous relationship. The court said Tonya Miller deserves a new trial because Miranda's sworn statements in requests for protective orders against Miller were incorrectly allowed into evidence during the 2008 trial. Jabaris Miller had told police he had driven a truck with Miranda's body inside to a secluded area and set it on fire.
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Bill Rankin has been an AJC reporter for more than 30 years. His father, Jim Rankin, worked as an editor for the newspaper for 26 years, retiring in 1986. Bill has primarily covered the state’s court system, doing all he can do to keep the scales of justice on an even keel. Since 2015, he has been the host of the newspaper’s Breakdown podcast.
