GILMER COUNTY, GA.
Court overturns teen’s conviction
The conviction of a Gilmer County teenager for the murder of her mother was reversed by the Georgia Supreme Court.
The court’s unanimous opinion Tuesday found that a Gilmer County court abused its discretion by allowing “inflammatory evidence” that suggested the girl held satanic beliefs.
Debra Boring’s 15-year-old daughter was arrested two months after Boring was found dead in the front doorway of their home in December 2005 with a gunshot wound to the back of her head, and she was convicted after a two-week trial.
The court found that the evidence was enough to conclude that the teenager was guilty of the crimes, but took issue with prosecutors’ characterization of her “gothic lifestyle.”