The indictment charging former coastal Georgia District Attorney Jackie Johnson with violating her oath of office in the wake of Ahmaud Arbery’s murder was invalid, the presiding judge ruled Wednesday before dismissing her one remaining charge.

A former prosecutor took the witness stand Tuesday to deny charges that she abused her power to protect the men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery nearly five years ago. Former District Attorney Jackie Johnson told a jury weighing a felony misconduct charge against her that she immediately stepped away from the case because it involved a former employee who initiated the deadly pursuit and whose son fatally shot Arbery in the street.

Judge throws out felony misconduct charge against ex-prosecutor in Ahmaud Arbery death case, ending her trial. Got a question? Put a reporter on it. Ever think of a question that you wish someone would answer?