COBB COUNTY, Ga. Georgia Supreme Court overturns Ross Harris’s murder in Cooper’s son’s hot car death The court issued its opinion on Wednesday morning. The court upheld Harris’ conviction for sex crimes committed against a teenager. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] “The Supreme Court reversed the convictions of Justin Ross Harris for murder and other crimes related to the death of his young son, Cooper, in a hot car, because jurors” heard and saw a large amount of evidence that had not been admitted. right, “according to the release. Cobb County Attorney’s Office says it plans to file a motion to reconsider the Harris case. Harris, who moved from Tuscaloosa, Alabama to Atlanta for work in 2012, told police he forgot to leave his son in daycare on the morning of June 18, 2014, leading straight to his job as a web developer for Home Depot without remembering that Cooper was still in his car seat. Cooper died after sitting for about seven hours in the back seat of his car outside his father’s office on the outskirts of Atlanta, where temperatures that day reached at least the 1980s. RELATED STORIES Harris, 41, was convicted in November 2016 of eight counts, including manslaughter for the death of his 22-month-old son, Cooper. A judge sentenced him to life without parole as well as 32 years in prison for other offenses. Harris appealed his convictions for murder and cruelty to first-degree children earlier this year. In his appeal, Harris and his lawyers argued that the evidence presented at the trial was insufficient and that the trial focused too much on his extramarital, and sometimes illegal, sexual activities. In a majority of 134 pages written by Supreme Court Justice David E. Nachmias and five other judges, the court concluded that much of the evidence of sexual activity was unacceptable in relation to the charges surrounding Cooper’s death. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Ross Harris’s lawyer is submitting a proposal for a new trial in the car death case © 2022 Cox Media Group
