Fiancée awaits bond hearing for Gwinnett man after new trial granted

Lawyers are seeking bond for a Gwinnett County man who has been in prison for 23 years after his murder conviction was thrown out based on new evidence disputing his son’s so-called “shaken baby” death.

Danyel Smith was convicted of murder in what Gwinnett County prosecutors said was a shaken baby case. Twenty-three years later, a judge granted him a new trial after new medical and scientific evidence challenged the case.

Smith’s attorneys have filed a motion asking for a bond hearing within 10 days…

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