COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A former Columbus Police officer has now been convicted of murder, aggravated assault and reckless homicide.

Adam Coy shot and killed Andre Hill in December 2020. The guilty verdicts on all three charges were announced Monday after five days of testimony and nearly 12 hours of deliberations.

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This marks the first trial of a fatal law enforcement-involved shooting in Franklin County that did not result in a mistrial or a not guilty verdict.

Capital University law professor Rob Barnhart said Coy’s case proves there is potential in Franklin County to find a 12-person jury willing to convict a police officer. He said he was surprised to see a guilty verdict on all three counts.

“So in cases where reckless homicide is on the agenda, you might think that jurors who are sensitive about convicting a law enforcement officer might say, ‘We don’t know if we want to say he tried to kill this person,'” Barnhart said. “We are ready to say it,” he said.

There are currently three additional cases pending in Franklin County related to fatal shootings involving law enforcement:

Barhart said that although Coy’s case does not set a precedent for future cases, the attorney may change his tactics.

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“I think if you’re the state and you have access, it’s not always the same prosecutors, but you get access to those prosecutors and you see if jurors are talking to them and what’s working,” Barnhart said. “I mean, theoretically now you have a playbook that works and you can make it work again. “But you’re also facing the same defensive team that knows you’re going to run the same playbook and can adjust accordingly.”

The same defense team (Mark Collins and Kaitlyn Stephens) that represented Coy is representing law enforcement in three ongoing cases. But prosecutors are different.

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