Ga. Supreme Court Upholds Former Sheriff Deputy’s Murder Conviction
The Georgia Supreme Court Monday unanimously upheld the murder conviction of former DeKalb Co. Deputy Sheriff Derrick Yancey.
Yancey was convicted in 2010 of shooting to death his wife and a day laborer. Yancey claimed the hired hand shot his wife while stealing money from her, and that he shot the day laborer in self-defense.
But blood spatter evidence, among other clues, pointed to Yancey as the culprit.
He fled the area, and was later found in Belize. Upon his return to Atlanta for trial, a jury found him guilty.
In his appeal to the state Supreme Court, Yancey claimed several errors were made at his trial. His central argument was that prosecutors shouldn’t have referenced his unwillingness to draw for investigators a diagram of the crime scene.
The high court found the reference was allowable, and that his other claims of error were without merit.
He will continue serving two life sentences in prison.
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