Murder charges stick in Fulton County crossbow killing
The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday ruled that murder charges against a Fulton County man should not be dismissed on speedy trial grounds.
Timothy Leroy Wilkie was arrested in 2005 for killing Allen Morris with a crossbow. After he was indicted in January 2011, Wilkie said the charges should be dismissed. The state high court said that even though the five-and-a-half year delay from his arrest was "presumptively prejudicial," Wilkie had waited too long before asserting his rights and there was no demonstrable proof the delay prejudiced his case.
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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.
