Fulton County Chief Superior Court Judge Ural Glanville has ruled that the admissions of guilt made by the accused Atlanta spa shooter immediately after his arrest in March 2021 can be used against him at trial.

Long's attorneys were trying to keep prosecutors from using statements Long made to police after he was arrested later that night. The judge said those statements, as well as statements from his guilty plea in Cherokee County, can be used at trial, though he said he would consider defense objections to parts of the statements.