DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis returned to work Wednesday where he’ll finish out his term until the end of the year.
Ellis had been suspended from office for more than three years after he was indicted on corruption charges. After two trials, he was convicted in July 2015 and spent about eight months in prison. The Georgia Supreme Court last month overturned his conviction.
“We are very pleased at the ruling of the court. We think the decision reads very well, and I do believe that it vindicates me,” Ellis told reporters Wednesday in front of the county government’s headquarters.
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