Georgia Court Won't Hear Shooting Widow's Appeal

Jan 15, 2011 - 13:10
Jan 15, 2011 - 13:26
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Georgia Court Won't Hear Shooting Widow's Appeal

ATLANTA -- Georgia's top court will not hear an appeal from the wife of a federal agent killed in 2005 by a courthouse gunman.

The Georgia Supreme Court on Thursday tued away the appeal from Candee Wilhelm, the widow of federal agent David Wilhelm. Her husband was killed at a home in north Atlanta hours after gunman Brian Nichols escaped from custody and went on a shooting spree.

The move lets stand the Georgia Court of Appeals decision last year to dismiss Wilhelm's civil suit against several current and former Fulton County sheriff's deputies who were on duty the day of the shooting.

Nichols also killed a judge, a court reporter and a deputy after overpowering the lone female deputy escorting him. He was convicted of the killings in 2008 and sentenced to life without parole.

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