Tex McIver asking judge to be released from jail for overturned murder conviction – WSB-TV Channel 2

ATLANTA — A well known metro Atlanta lawyer accused of killing his spouse could possibly be granted a launch months after his conviction was overturned.

Claud Lee “Tex” McIver III is scheduled to seem for a bond listening to earlier than a Fulton County decide Friday morning. Channel 2 Motion Information will probably be contained in the courtroom for the proceedings.

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In 2018, McIver was convicted of felony homicide and possession of a firearm in the course of the fee of a felony within the capturing loss of life of his spouse, Diane McIver.

The couple was on their manner house from a celebration with a pal in 2016 when McIver allegedly shot his spouse by the again seat of their SUV. She was rushed to the hospital, the place she died.

In June, the Georgia Supreme Courtroom overturned McIver’s homicide conviction.

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McIver stated in the course of the trial that his spouse’s loss of life was an accident, and that he had fallen asleep when the gun he was holding for defense went off. McIver was tried and sentenced to serve life in jail for felony homicide, 5 concurrent years for influencing a witness and 5 concurrent years suspended for the gun crime.

The jury acquitted McIver of malice homicide, a cost that suggests the homicide was deliberate.

The Georgia Supreme Courtroom reversed McIver’s convictions as a result of the trial court docket “erred in denying his request to cost the jury on a lesser involuntary manslaughter offense.”

After the court docket’s choice was made, Fulton County District Lawyer Fani Willis submitted a movement in July to retry McIver.

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