Claud Lee " Tex" McIver III during his murder trial at Fulton County Courthouse in 2018. Credit: HYOSUB SHIN/[email protected] BREAKING: Ex-Lawyer Tex McIver Accepts Plea Deal, Averts Retrial
"We believe it was a fair disposition and if the parole board follows its guidelines, we anticipate he will be released shortly," said McIver's defense attorney, Don Samuel of Garland Samuel & Loeb in Atlanta.
January 26, 2024 at 01:06 PM
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What You Need to Know
- An ex-attorney convicted of murdering his wife pleads guilty to lesser charges as part of a negotiated plea deal.
- Claud Lee 'Tex' McIver's guilty plea nixes a retrial that'd been postponed amid a dispute over admissible evidence.
- Supreme Court of Georgia overturned McIver's murder conviction in June 2022.
The retrial of a former Atlanta attorney convicted of murdering his wife has been nixed.
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