Tex McIver smiles when prompted, even though his eyes are still teary from a 2017 interview with The Eatonton Messenger, as he leans against the fence on his Pea Ridge Road ranch in Putnam County. McIver’s attorneys plan to seek bond after his conviction was overturned last week. LYNN HOBBS/File Photo
A light has appeared at the end of the tunnel for Claude “Tex” McIver, who was convicted in April 2018 in the shooting death of his wife, Diane, and sentenced to life in prison. Last week, the Supreme Court of Georgia overturned the murder conviction.
A once-prominent attorney, McIver and his wife resided in both the upscale Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta and in Putnam County, where he served on …