Judge

I don't know. I don't know what this is all about. What are you going to do with him?

I don't know. I don't know what this is all about. What are you going to do with him?

They're going to put me in jail.

They're going to put me in jail.

They're going to put me in jail.

And your understanding is that you want to enter a plea today, is that correct? That's correct.

And your understanding is that you want to enter a plea today, is that correct? That's correct.

And your understanding is that you want to enter a plea today, is that correct? That's correct.

It is the judgment of this court that you be sentenced to life in prison.

It is the judgment of this court that you be sentenced to life in prison.

It is the judgment of this court that you be sentenced to life in prison.

Biting words from the judge to an Atlanta attorney convicted in his wife's murder, Tex McIver is sentenced to life in prison with the chance for parole.

Biting words from the judge to an Atlanta attorney convicted in his wife's murder, Tex McIver is sentenced to life in prison with the chance for parole.

I respect their judgment. It seems to take a whole lot of... legal maneuvering to get around the existing precedent of that same Supreme Court, upon which I relied in concluding that a charge on lawful conduct that legitimately performed would be appropriate. The only other observation I'll make is that the jury rejected recklessness as a level of mens rea or intent in finding aggravated assault.

I respect their judgment. It seems to take a whole lot of... legal maneuvering to get around the existing precedent of that same Supreme Court, upon which I relied in concluding that a charge on lawful conduct that legitimately performed would be appropriate. The only other observation I'll make is that the jury rejected recklessness as a level of mens rea or intent in finding aggravated assault.

And so it struck me as even if the correct legal answer going forward is given certain evidence, you must charge on that lowest level of intent. If a jury concluded that a higher level of intent didn't apply either, then it was harmless error. wasn't addressed in the opinion. But it controls and the conviction was reversed and we got back at it.

And so it struck me as even if the correct legal answer going forward is given certain evidence, you must charge on that lowest level of intent. If a jury concluded that a higher level of intent didn't apply either, then it was harmless error. wasn't addressed in the opinion. But it controls and the conviction was reversed and we got back at it.

You don't see too many cases like this being overturned one level up, do you? You don't see a lot of people like Mr. MacGyver and all his connections either.

You don't see too many cases like this being overturned one level up, do you? You don't see a lot of people like Mr. MacGyver and all his connections either.

Dressed in a dark pinstripe suit, 81-year-old Claude Tex MacGyver was back in a Fulton County courtroom Monday.