Easter crash trial of Aimee Michael

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Easter crash trial of Aimee Michael

Photos from the courtroom of the trial of Aimee Michael, accused of killing five people in a hit-and-run wreck on Easter Sunday 2009.

Aimee Michael sits stoically on Nov. 1, 2010, as the verdict is read: A jury found her guilty of killing five people in a hit-and-run wreck on Easter Sunday 2009.

Sheila Ross (left) and Tanya Miller, assistant district attorneys, await the verdict.

Aimee Michael, who was on home detention until her conviction, was taken into custody immediately.

Robert Michael, Aimee Michael's father, leaves court after the verdict is given.

Pastor Christopher Waller (right) comforts John Mattox as the verdict is read.

Aimee Michael enters court on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010, after the morning break. Both sides gave closing arguments on Wednesday. Michael is accused of killing five people in a hit-and-run wreck on Easter Sunday 2009.

Assistant District Attorney Tanya Miller delivers her closing arguments.

Defense attorney W. Scott Smith uses buckets to emphasize what testimony he thinks is important for the jury to use in their decision.

Aimee Michael rubbed her eyes several times during the defense's closing arguments. She is charged with five counts of vehicular homicide, one count of serious injury by vehicle and six counts of hit and run, plus counts of tampering with evidence, reckless driving and failure to maintain a lane.

Second day of Easter crash trial. Aimee Michael enters the courtroom following the morning break. Michael is charged with five counts of vehicular homicide, one count of serious injury by vehicle and six counts of hit and run, plus counts of tampering with evidence, reckless driving and failure to maintain a lane.

Using model cars, Officer Michael Stark, a traffic investigator with the Fulton County Police Department, fields a question during cross-examination from W. Scott Smith regarding how the damage on the BMW occurred.

Officer Michael Stark (left), a traffic investigator with the Fulton County Police Department, fields a question during cross-examination from W. Scott Smith regarding where the tire marks on the bumper of the Mercedes came from.

Mary Horton, a specialist from the GBI crime lab, demonstrates how she matched the cowling found at the crash scene with Aimee Michael's BMW.

Wakeeta Rosser, a neighbor of Aimee Michael, testified that she called police when she became suspicious that Michael may have been involved in the crash.

Aimee Michael enters court following the morning break on Monday, Oct. 25, 2010. It was the fourth day of the trial of Michael, accused of killing five people in a hit-and-run wreck on Easter Sunday 2009.

Michael's mother, Sheila Michael, pleaded guilty Monday to counts of tampering with evidence and hindering the apprehension of a criminal.

Witness Marion Beckett became tearful when she talked about a child being killed during the second day of trial of Aimee Michael, accused of killing five people in a hit-and-run wreck on Easter Sunday 2009.

Marion Beckett testifies how she was almost hit by a speeding BMW on the day of the crash.

During testimony Ramona Barrett shows on a magnetic board where her vehicle was when she saw the crash.

Ramona Barrett testifies how she heard a "pop," then looked in her mirror and saw the accident.

Morris Johnson, right, comforts his wife, Tracie, while they listen to testimony from the first paramedic on the scene.

A woman who was overheard to say she was a member of the Carter family dabs her eye with a tissue. Killed in the Mercedes were Robert and Delisia Carter, their newborn son, Ethan Blake, and Delisia Carter's 9-year-old daughter, Kayla.

First day of the Aimee Michael trial. Michael sat stoically at the defendant's table, never showing emotion and looking straight ahead. She is accused of killing five people in a hit-and-run wreck on Easter Sunday 2009. She is charged with five counts of vehicular homicide, one count of serious injury by vehicle and six counts of hit and run, plus counts of tampering with evidence, reckless driving and failure to maintain a lane.

Judge Kimberly Esmond Adams charges the jury before opening statements on the first day of the trial of Aimee Michael, accused of killing five people in a hit-and-run wreck on Easter Sunday 2009.

Morris Johnson becomes emotional as he provides eyewitness testimony on the first day of the trial of Aimee Michael. His daughter, Morgan Johnson, 6, was killed. His wife, Tracy, 43, survived.

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Aimee Michael sits stoically on Nov. 1, 2010, as the verdict is read: A jury found her guilty of killing five people in a hit-and-run wreck on Easter Sunday 2009.

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