MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - An Alabama death row inmate is going to get a new trial on capital murder charges.
The Alabama Supreme Court ruled Friday that improper testimony was permitted against Esaw Jackson during his trial in Jefferson County. Jackson was convicted in 2006 of firing into a vehicle and killing the driver, Pamela Montgomery, and a passenger, Milton Poole III.
The Supreme Court said Poole's mother should not have been allowed to testify at trial that she thought Jackson had killed her son even though she had no personal knowledge of the identity of the shooter.
The Supreme Court left intact Jackson's life sentences for two attempted murder convictions. Those convictions stem from Jackson wounding two of Montgomery's children who were riding in her car.
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