The Supreme Court of Georgia announced Monday it has granted Claud “Tex” McIver a legal victory, of sorts, by accepting the convicted murderer’s petition to suspend his law license.
McIver was found guilty in April of felony murder for the fatal shooting of his wife, Diane, in September 2016. He was sentenced last month to life in prison and assigned to the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison near Jackson, about an hour south of downtown Atlanta.
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The move to suspend his law license comes in accordance with his motion requesting a new trial, according to a statement from the Georgia Supreme Court. If denied, McIver, 75, says he will appeal his conviction to the state’s highest court.
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“Because we agree that such a suspension is appropriate, we accept McIver’s petition,” the court’s opinion states. “Accordingly, McIver hereby is suspended from the practice of law in this State until further order of this Court.”
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