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Judge rules mistrial in Gordon Bynum case

By The Associated Press
<p>A judge declared a mistrial in the Gordon Bynum murder case Friday, but only after ruling the suspect not guilty.</p><p>Defendant Anthony Tutman was told he was not guilty, only to be told minutes later that a juror had not agreed with Tutman's innocence.</p><p>Pooling jurors is typically a formality, but a juror in Tutman's case told the judge she didn't believe the 26-year-old was innocent.</p><p>The judge then ruled a mistrial.</p><p>Bynum was shot in the chest in June 1999 as he left the rail station near Lenox Square. He was shot in the chest 50 yards from his car. He was supposed to get married two weeks later.</p><p>Atlanta police charged Tutman in May 2002. The only eyewitness to the crime was co-defendant Christopher Thomas, 28, who pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of voluntary manslaughter and agreed to testify against Tutman.</p>
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