Four state troopers apparently in hot persuit.
Moments later, when Nichols picture flashed on the TV screen, she remembered.
When I saw him, I said, Oh my God, I represented him, said Wlker, chief judge of the court that handles traffic and county ordinance violations.
Walker, a former public defender, represented Nichols while he was on probation from 1996 to 1999 for felony drug charges in Cobb County. When he was arrested and charged with a misdemeanor for possession of marijuana, she represented him at his probation revocation hearing.
He was very respectable to me, Walker said.
She said Nichols had a girlfriend at the time. She was a very nice young lady, very respectable, Walker said. The judge refused to revoke Nichols probation based on flimsy evidence, according to Walker.