Fulton County Chief Superior Court Judge Ural Glanville has ruled that the admissions of guilt made by the accused Atlanta spa shooter immediately after his arrest in March 2021 can be used against him at trial.
Robert Aaron Long pleaded guilty to four of the murders and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in nearby Cherokee County just months after the shootings.
But, he continues to face the death penalty under Georgia’s hate crimes statute for the four other remaining victims — all of whom were Asian women — in Fulton County.
At a motions hearing on Monday, defense attorneys for Long, who was 21 years old at the time of the shootings, claimed the statements he made to police in Cherokee County should be barred from his second trial, because he didn’t have legal representation while he was being questioned.
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