Jury convicts Isaiah Goodman of aggravated assault, deadlocks on murder charges

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - A jury found Isaiah Goodman guilty of one count of aggravated assault Friday afternoon in his retrial on charges in the 2020 killing of Michael Peguese in Garden City. A mistrial was declared on the other counts.The verdictThe retrial was last week. Goodman is accused of killing Peguese in 2020 in Garden City.The jury was hung on charges of malice murder, two counts of felony murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, according to the report. A mistrial was declared on those counts.The sentencing range for aggravated assault alone is 1 to 20 years.First trialIn Goodman’s first trial, which ended in a mistrial, the jury found him guilty of fleeing police.Video shown at that trial, captured on a police dash camera, showed a person prosecutors say is Goodman leaving the scene in his car.What’s nextThe murder case can be tried again, but no decision has been made on that.Goodman’s separate dog fighting case is pending and awaiting a separate trial.