Judge

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

And we are here to start the trial of Mr. MacGyver.

And we are here to start the trial of Mr. MacGyver.

In 2018, a jury convicted Tex of killing his wife, Diane. But last year, the state Supreme Court threw out the conviction saying...

In 2018, a jury convicted Tex of killing his wife, Diane. But last year, the state Supreme Court threw out the conviction saying...

As long as this negotiated plea agreement is going to be made part of the record, it need not be part of the final disposition, but it needs to be enforceable should something change. And what the state could point to would be paragraph two that indicates that the settlement's going to be supervised by person X for the benefit of persons Y and Z and it's all in there.

As long as this negotiated plea agreement is going to be made part of the record, it need not be part of the final disposition, but it needs to be enforceable should something change. And what the state could point to would be paragraph two that indicates that the settlement's going to be supervised by person X for the benefit of persons Y and Z and it's all in there.

But the important part is not where it's going, where it's not going. And that is that Mr. MacGyver is abandoning any claim he might have colorable or otherwise to those settlement proceeds. Exactly right. Okay. Your understanding as well?

But the important part is not where it's going, where it's not going. And that is that Mr. MacGyver is abandoning any claim he might have colorable or otherwise to those settlement proceeds. Exactly right. Okay. Your understanding as well?

Okay. Got it. Then I think I understand the contours.

Okay. Got it. Then I think I understand the contours.

Mr. MacGyver, when you're ready.

Mr. MacGyver, when you're ready.

The last condition that I'm aware of that needs to be part of your sentence and will be in the final disposition is that you are forfeiting, waiving, giving up, whatever the right term is, I'm gonna say waiving, any and all rights that you may have to the settlement from the lawsuit that was brought by the administrator of Diane MacGyver's estate against you and a settlement resulted. You are...

The last condition that I'm aware of that needs to be part of your sentence and will be in the final disposition is that you are forfeiting, waiving, giving up, whatever the right term is, I'm gonna say waiving, any and all rights that you may have to the settlement from the lawsuit that was brought by the administrator of Diane MacGyver's estate against you and a settlement resulted. You are...

I guess what I need to say is not that you're waiving. You are assigning the rights that you have, any rights that you may have. You are assigning them to Judge Schwal for the benefit of his two sons, which means you are abandoning and relinquishing the rights you have to that settlement amount. Your assignment is a condition of your probation. You may have already done it.

I guess what I need to say is not that you're waiving. You are assigning the rights that you have, any rights that you may have. You are assigning them to Judge Schwal for the benefit of his two sons, which means you are abandoning and relinquishing the rights you have to that settlement amount. Your assignment is a condition of your probation. You may have already done it.

you'll have complied and completed that term of probation. But that's something you don't get to unwind or undo so long as you are on probation. Mr. Abate, did I miss any conditions of probation that you had expected and negotiated would be part of this resolution? All right, Mr. Samuel, I did not intend to make them any more severe or restrictive than were negotiated.

you'll have complied and completed that term of probation. But that's something you don't get to unwind or undo so long as you are on probation. Mr. Abate, did I miss any conditions of probation that you had expected and negotiated would be part of this resolution? All right, Mr. Samuel, I did not intend to make them any more severe or restrictive than were negotiated.

In other words, I am going along with the plea agreement.