Fulton County murder conviction overturned
The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday upheld a Fulton County judge’s decision to grant a new trial to Xavier Harris and overturn his murder conviction for the Aug. 1, 2005, killing of Ron Strozier.
Harris and four other men were found guilty during a 2006 trial for the fatal shooting of Strozier near a Washington Road apartment complex following a fight with friends of the victim. In its ruling, the court agreed with the Fulton judge who found Harris was “a peripheral figure” caught up in a neighborhood feud.
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Bill Rankin has been an AJC reporter for more than 30 years. His father, Jim Rankin, worked as an editor for the newspaper for 26 years, retiring in 1986. Bill has primarily covered the state’s court system, doing all he can do to keep the scales of justice on an even keel. Since 2015, he has been the host of the newspaper’s Breakdown podcast.
