A judge refused Wednesday to order DNA tests on a gun used to kill a convenience store cashier more than 30 years ago, rejecting arguments from defense attorneys who said the results could spare a Georgia inmate from execution next week.
Jimmy Fletcher Meders, 58, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Jan. 16 for the 1987 slaying in coastal Glynn County.
Superior Court Judge Stephen Scarlett of the Brunswick Judicial Circuit ruled after a two-hour hearing that “overwhelming evidence” supported Meders’ conviction for the murder of cashier Don Anderson. He also sided with attorneys for the state in finding Meders’ lawyers failed to prove that seeking DNA tests wasn’t merely a tactic to delay his execution.
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