DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - The disbarred attorney accused of murdering his mother took the stand in his own defense Tuesday afternoon. Richard Merritt told a jury he is not the one who stabbed his mother to ...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - Attorneys in the murder trial of disbarred attorney Richard Merritt painted dramatically different pictures of the man accused of brutally murdering his mother. The murder took ...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - The long awaited trial of a Georgia attorney accused of beating and stabbing his mother to death is set to begin this week. Richard Merritt was facing years in prison for ...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - On Wednesday, a judge sentenced former attorney Richard Merritt to life in prison without the possibility of parole, plus five years, for stabbing and beating Shirley Merritt to ...

UPDATE: The verdict is in. After approximately 90 minutes of deliberation, the jury has found Richard Merritt guilty on all counts. The charges were in total six counts: one count of malice murder, ...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A jury convicted a disgraced metro Atlanta attorney Wednesday of malice murder, the most serious murder charge in Georgia, and five other charges in the 2019 stabbing death of his ...

DEKALB COUNTY, Georgia -- The U.S. Marshals are offering a $5,000 reward in the nationwide manhunt for a convicted attorney. Richard Merritt was last seen at a gas station just outside Atlanta, ...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - A jury has been selected in the DeKalb County murder trial of disbarred Cobb County attorney Richard Merritt. Merritt is accused of beating and stabbing his mother to death on the ...