Tex McIver is interesting to the Georgia Supreme Courtroom

Tex McIver was convicted of his wife’s murder on April 23, 2018.

ATLANTA — Four years after Claud Lee “Tex” McIver was convicted of murdering his wife, his attorneys will appeal his life sentence in the Georgia Supreme Court.

Tex McIver was convicted of murder in 2018 after his wife Diane McIver was shot and killed two years earlier.

McIver’s attorneys argued he unintentionally shot and killed his wife on September 25, 2016. The two were driving in an SUV when he fired a gun while driving down Piedmont Road in Atlanta, court records show. McIver’s lawyers are expected to take up that argument again on Wednesday in the High Court.

Diane died after being shot in the back with a handgun while in the passenger seat of the SUV. Tex rode behind her and had a loaded revolver in his lap, evidence showed.

A jury found the prominent Atlanta attorney guilty of felony murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm while committing a crime. He was also found guilty of influencing witnesses in an exchange with a family friend.

In his appeal to the state Supreme Court, McIver argues that “the trial court erred in refusing to teach the jury the less inclusive offense of manslaughter by negligence.”

Court filings show McIver also criticized the trial, saying the court allowed prosecutors to present what he and his legal team are calling inadmissible evidence. Such evidence relates to racial prejudice and unsubstantiated theories surrounding McIver’s motive, the appeal states.

However, the state disagrees with McIver’s allegations, also noting that “the complainant has failed to establish that the jury’s verdict was the result of coercion.”

It is ultimately up to the court to decide that. An oral hearing will take place from 10:00 a.m