Ross Harris: Georgia Supreme Court reverses conviction in toddler's hot car death

ATLANTA - The Georgia Supreme Court has reversed the conviction of a man whose toddler son died after he left him in a hot car for hours.Wednesday, Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice David E.

Nahmias reversed the conviction of 41-year-old Justin Ross Harris for the charges of malice murder and first-degree child cruelty for the death of his 22-month-old son, Cooper.Harris was convicted in November 2016 on eight counts connected to the death of his son.

A judge sentenced him to life without parole as well as 32 more years in prison for other crimes.Harris appealed his convictions for murder and first-degree child cruelty.

He did not appeal other charges, including sexual exploitation of a child, which stemmed from allegations that he exchanged sexually explicit messages and photos to an underage girl.In his argument, Nahmias argued the use of "extensive evidence about Appellant’s extramarital sexual relationships" in court was "needlessly cumulative and prejudicial." "Because the properly admitted evidence that Appellant maliciously and intentionally left Cooper to die was far from overwhelming, we cannot say that it is highly probable that the erroneously admitted sexual evidence did not contribute to the jury’s guilty verdicts," the justice wrote.On Wednesday, Georgia Supreme Court officials made the decision to reverse the conviction of Ross Harris on malice murder and first-degree child cruelty charges for the death of his 22-month-old son after being left in a hot car for hours.While the charges have been reversed, Nahmias said that the state of Georgia can try Harris again for the crimes against Cooper, and Harris will remain in jail for the other charges in connection to the case."It's been a long time coming, but.