ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — A judge considering whether to grant a new trial to the Venezuelan man convicted of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley heard testimony Friday from a DNA expert retained by his attorneys to analyze evidence in his murder case.
Jose Ibarra’s trial attorneys had asked the judge to delay a hearing set a few weeks before his November trial after the expert told them she would need six weeks to review the data and complete a report.
The move would have pushed back the trial. Clarke County Superior Court Judge H. Patrick Haggard ultimately proceeded with the trial as scheduled.
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