A Georgia man set to be executed this month for the killing of a convenience store clerk is being granted a hearing on his request for a new trial and DNA testing.
Jimmy Fletcher Meders, 58, was convicted of murder in the October 1987 shooting death of Don Anderson at a convenience store in coastal Glynn County. He’s scheduled to receive a lethal injection of the sedative pentobarbital on Jan. 16.
Meders’ attorney, Michael Admirand, filed a motion Monday seeking DNA testing on the gun used in the slaying, arguing that it would show Meders didn’t kill Anderson and should have a new trial and sentencing. Brunswick Judicial Circuit Chief Judge of Superior Courts Stephen Scarlett on Thursday set a hearing on that motion for Jan. 8.
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