The State rested their case Monday in the Jackie Johnson trial. Johnson is the former Brunswick district attorney accused of meddling in the Ahmaud Arbery murder investigation. Monday a judge granted the Defense’s motion for directed verdict of acquittal for count 2 of Jackie Johnson’s indictment.

Judge ruled to dismiss one criminal count against Jackie Johnson, the former Brunswick-circuit district attorney accused of improperly influencing the investigation into Ahmaud Arbery's death. The judge said prosecutors failed to present evidence Johnson obstructed Glynn County Police officers.

The trial of former Glynn County District Attorney Jackie Johnson was to continue Tuesday. She still faces a felony charge of violating her oath of office.

The judge overseeing the criminal trial of former Brunswick District Attorney Jackie Johnson has dismissed one of the two charges against her. The ruling, made Monday in a Glynn County courtroom, comes as Johnson faces accusations stemming from her actions after the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery in Feb.

Former Georgia district attorney Jackie Johnson went back into the Glynn County courthouse for the start of the jury selection in her trial on Tuesday, almost four years after initially being charged with mishandling the case of Ahmaud Arbery’s murder.