MARIETTA, Ga. — The judge who presided over the 2016 murder trial of a man convicted of leaving his son inside a hot car has denied his motion for a new trial.
Cobb County Superior Court Judge Mary Staley Clark’s ruling, issued Thursday, was not surprising.
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Harris’ lawyers plan to appeal to the Georgia Supreme Court.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports had she granted the motion, she would have had to admit to key errors on her part in the case involving Justin Ross Harris.
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Harris was convicted of purposely leaving his 22-month-old son, Cooper, inside a hot car to die on June 18, 2014. He is serving a life sentence plus 32 years at Macon State Prison.
He maintains his son’s death was accidental.
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