John Rains, lawyer for Justin Chapman, speaks in front of the Georgia Supreme Court Justices during a hearing on Jan. 21, 2015, regarding whether Chapman should get a new trial. (HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM)

Paula Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, speaks in front of the Georgia Supreme Court Justices during a hearing on Jan. 21, 2015, regarding a new trial granted to Chapman. Smith was representing the state, which opposed a new trial for Chapman. (HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM)

Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Hugh P. Thompson, center, speaks as Presiding Justice P. Harris Hines, left, and Justice Robert Benham, right, listen during a hearing on Jan. 21, 2015, regarding whether Justin Chapman should get a new trial. (HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM)

Lawyers for Justin Chapman -- Michael Caplan, center, and John Rains, right confer as Franklin J. Hogue, left, listens during a Georgia Supreme Court hearing on Jan. 21, 2015, regarding whether Chapman should get a new trial. (HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM)

Georgia Supreme Court Justice David Nahmias speaks during a hearing on Jan. 21, 2015, regarding whether Justin Chapman deserves a new trial. (HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM)

The Georgia Supreme Court was crowded with spectators, including public defender Jan Hankins, center, during its hearing on Jan. 21, 2015, regarding whether Justin Chapman should get a new trial. (HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM)

Among those who attended the Jan. 21, 2015, Georgia Supreme Court hearing on Chapman were investigators John Insogna, center, Danny Sindall, right (obscured), and public defender Jan Hankins, far right. (HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM)

Phillip Chapman, father of Justin Chapman, listens during a Georgia Supreme Court hearing on Jan. 21, 2015, regarding whether Justin Chapman should get a new trial. (HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM)

Justin Chapman's father, Phillip Chapman, and son Austin, 17, leave the Georgia Supreme Court after a hearing on Jan. 21, 2015 regarding whether Justin Chapman should get a new trial. (HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM)

Justin Chapman's son, Austin, 17, talks to reporters outside the courthouse after a Georgia Supreme Court hearing regarding whether Justin Chapman should get a new trial. Phillip Chapman, Justin's father, listens in the background. (HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM)

Justin Chapman enters Superior Court for a bond hearing presided by Judge Michael Murphy at the Haralson County Courthouse in Buchanan on May 11, 2015. The state's highest court granted a new trial to Justin Chapman in January, saying that prosecutors failed to turn over important evidence that could have been used in his defense during his 2007 trial. (HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM)

Justin Chapman confers with his lawyer Michael Caplan during a bond hearing on May 11, 2015 at the Haralson County Courthouse in Buchanan. (HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM)

Michael Caplan, right, lawyer for Justin Chapman, left, speaks to Superior Court Judge Michael Murphy, not pictured, as Chapman listens during a bond hearing on May 11, 2015 at the Haralson County Courthouse in Buchanan. (HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM)

Franklin Hogue, standing, lawyer for Justin Chapman, left, speaks to Superior Court Judge Michael Murphy, not pictured, as Chapman and Michael Caplan, another lawyer for Chapman, center, listen during a bond hearing on May 11, 2015 at the Haralson County Courthouse in Buchanan. (HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM)

Justin Chapman's parents, Marguerite Ann Wade and Phillip Chapman talk during a bond hearing on May 11, 2015 at the Haralson County Courthouse in Buchanan. (HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM)

Superior Court Judge Michael Murphy speaks during a bond hearing for Justin Chapman at the Haralson County Courthouse in Buchanan on May 11, 2015. (HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM)

Justin Chapman, center, shakes hands with Franklin Hogue, one of his lawyers, after Superior Court Judge Michael Murphy granted bond to Chapman on May 11, 2015, at the Haralson County Courthouse in Buchanan. (HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM)

Justin Chapman leaves after Superior Court Judge Michael Murphy granted bond at the Haralson County Courthouse in Buchanan on May 11, 2015. (HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM)

Justin Chapman, center, walks out of the Haralson County Detention Facility's holding area into the lobby for the first time. He is surrounded, from left to right, by his son Josh, an unidentified deputy, daughter Chloe, aunt Wanda Young, cousin Ansleigh, and another deputy. (Photo courtesy of Mike Caplan)

Justin Chapman, in the white shirt, poses after his release from the Haralson County Detention Facility, with, from left to right, aunt Wanda Young, daughter Chloe, cousin Ansleigh (obscured), mother Marguerite Wade, son Josh, and lawyer Mike Caplan. (BILL RANKIN / BRANKIN@AJC.COM)