The attorney who convinced the Georgia Supreme Court that a trial judge’s mistake meant an accused murderer cannot be tried criticized an emotional public appeal by Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard Jr. and Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed for the justices to grant a motion for reconsideration.

Bryan Grantham, the Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young lawyer who successfully argued that accused murderer Geary Otis must go free, said the pleas by Howard and the mayor are futile and harmful to the family of the victim and a survivor of the alleged attack.

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