Acquitted murder suspect out of jail

But instead of being free, he was transferred to the Fulton jail because of an outstanding warrant from an unrelated simple battery charge. Garland had previously failed to appear to answer the charge.

"He failed to appear in court because he had been locked up in Clayton County," Mack said.

Garland was originally believed to have killed a former classmate Carlnell Walker, who was tortured and found dead inside his car trunk. In August, a jury found another former student, Miles Allen, guilty of murder.

Now that he's a free man, Mack said his client planned to get something to eat at a restaurant.

"He said ‘it's been a long time coming,'" Mack said.