
A former Morehouse College student was booked in the Fulton County jail hours after being acquitted of murder.
On Monday, a Clayton County jury acquitted Breylon Garland of killing and torturing former classmate Carlnell Walker.
But instead of being released from jail, Garland was transferred to the Fulton County jail for a failure to appear bench warrant, said Tracy Flanagan, spokeswoman for the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office.
The warrant stems from a simple battery charge from July 2006, according to the State Court administrator’s office.
Garland, 24, is being held on a $4,000 bond, Flanagan said.
Garland's attorney, Robert Mack, could not be reached for comment Monday or Tuesday.
Garland has been in jail since July 2006 when police arrested him for the death of Walker.
Walker, 23, was bound, gagged, doused in gasoline and then dumped in the back of his car trunk. He was found dead inside the trunk two weeks later, police said.
An autopsy showed he died from hyperthermia because of the extreme heat.
Garland is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday at 1 p.m.
Garland is from California, but was living in College Park at the time of the murder. He was a senior at Morehouse.
Garland was one of four men charged with the murder.
In August, a jury found former Morehouse student Miles Allen guilty and sentenced him to two life sentences plus 70 years.
Co-defendants Keith Roberts, also a former Morehouse student, and Theodore Holliman are scheduled be tried later this fall.
Prosecutors said the defendants were looking for money when they attacked Walker, who had been in car crash a few months earlier and had bragged about a financial settlement.
Staff Reporter Larry Hartstein contributed to this report.
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