Man jailed 8 days after court error, attorney says

A Georgia state and federal attorney says a Fulton County Superior Court mistake left a man jailed for eight days after he was wrongly accused of failing to appear in court.

Larry Armstrong said the ordeal began Jan. 8, when he came to the Fulton County Superior Court for a scheduled court date.

After leaving the courthouse and heading back home to Memphis on Interstate 20, Armstrong said he was pulled over shortly after crossing from Georgia into Alabama, allegedly for not using his turn signal…

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