James Sullivan back in court over '87 murder of estranged wife...

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Jury selection begins in 1987 slaying of socialite

By BILL MONTGOMERY
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 01/06/06
A murder saga that began on a drizzly January morning in an Atlanta townhouse off West Paces Ferry Road and spanned an ocean to a millionaire's capture in a palm-sheltered resort in Southeast Asia is, 19 years later, nearing another legal showdown.

Testimony will begin Feb. 20 in Fulton County Superior Court for one of Atlanta's most notorious slayings, the alleged contract murder of Buckhead socialite Lita McClinton Sullivan, 35, gunned down at her door Jan. 16, 1987, by a killer prosecutors say was hired by her estranged husband...

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