A Marietta woman who was convicted of vehicular homicide after her 4-year-old son was killed by a hit-and-run driver went before the Georgia Court of Appeals Tuesday to try and get her case dismissed.
After being convicted last year by a Cobb County Jury, Raquel Nelson was given the choice of a second trial or accepting one year of probation and 40 hours of community service. Nelson opted for a retrial to try and clear her name. Nelson’s Attorney Steve Sadow told judges for the Georgia Court of Appeals the case should be thrown out because there was not sufficient evidence in the original trial.
“This is a tragic accident. That’s the only way it can be explained. It should not be prosecuted as a crime. That just doubled the grief, and it was unnecessary. It served no valid legal or judicial principal.”
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