Man Convicted in Cab Driver Murder at Holmes MARTA Station

Quantavious Deon Harris, 20, was convicted Monday night in the shooting death of cab driver Stephen Anim at the Hamilton Holmes MARTA station, the Fulton County District Attorney's Office announced Tuesday.

Harris was convicted of felony murder, aggravated assault, criminal attempt to commit armed robbery and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony in the murder of Anim, 57. He was sentenced to life plus ten years in prison by presiding Fulton County Superior Court Judge Amanda Lee.

Atlanta Police discovered Anim’s body slumped in the driver’s seat of his cab on April 22, 2009. The vehicle had apparently crashed into the gate of the Big Bethel Village retirement facility on Richard Allen Boulevard.

The investigation later revealed that Harris, then 17, and another suspect got into the victim’s cab at the Holmes MARTA Station.

Once inside, the men demanded the victim’s property. Soon after, the cab driver was shot in the back of the head. He died clinching $17 in cash.

Later, $800 and a GPS system were discovered missing from the vehicle. The suspects fled the scene but surveillance video of the young men entering the cab led to their arrests after it was aired on television.

A trial is still pending for Samuel Ellis.