By Billy Davis

Antonio Glover’s murder conviction in August was thrown out last week after it was learned one of the trial jurors is a convicted felon.

The juror lied to Circuit Judge Smith Murphey by claiming he had never been convicted of a crime, said District Attorney John Champion.

The district attorney did not name the juror, whom he said was convicted of drug possession in 1995.

“I convicted him,” Champion said. “I don’t remember him.”

John Keith Perry, the defense attorney for Glover, learned about the juror after the trial and alerted the court, said Champion.

The district attorney said he plans to retry Glover on four counts, including murder, later this year.
The court date is set for Monday, December 3.

Members of the jury pool routinely fill out paperwork before a jury is picked, and potential jurors for the capital murder trial were mailed a four-page questionnaire prepared by Murphey for jury selection.

Potential jurors also met one-on-one with Murphey in his chambers during a selection process that lasted into the night.

Glover, a purported Como drug dealer, was facing the death penalty for killing his neighbor Tommy “Burnside” Moore over missing marijuana.

Jurors chose to convict Glover of murder, choosing that over capital murder and manslaughter.

Jurors returned to the jury box with four guilty verdicts against Glover that included the murder conviction; first degree arson for burning down his home to hide the crime; conspiracy to commit kidnapping; and conspiracy to commit arson.

Champion will attempt to get a guilty verdict on all four in December.

The jury found Glover not guilty of four other counts and the prosecution is unable to retry him on those counts due to double jeopardy.

A court hearing was held September 17 in which the recent juror testified that he was not a convicted felon. But the man was shown court documents from 1995 that he signed, Champion said.

Lying about the felony conviction is perjury, but the district attorney said he was unsure if his office would pursue charges against the juror.