Atlanta criminal defense lawyer obtains “not guilty” verdict for wife accused of murdering her husband
A DeKalb County jury acquitted Lona Scott of shooting and killing her unarmed husband. Scott’s lawyer, Brian Steel, argued that she acted in self-defense. Scott shot her husband, Cliff Scott, six times at their home in Dunwoody. Cliff, who was described as a muscular man, was unarmed and naked at the time of the shooting. An autopsy showed that Cliff had been shot twice in the back, once in the head, once in the chest and twice ...
