The defense is seeking to move the trial out of the county.
22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley on the University of Georgia's campus is expected to start in mid-November, a judge said Friday, as the defense is seeking to move the high-profile case to another county.
The suspect, Jose Ibarra, appeared in the Athens-Clarke County courtroom for the hearing Friday morning.His defense is seeking to move the trial out of Athens-Clarke County, arguing in a motion filed on Thursday that it "will not be possible to find an impartial jury to hear the matter." They also cited the "extensive media coverage" of the case in the county.
The defense said the schedule sounded reasonable. Prosecutors said they would like to wrap up the trial proceedings before Thanksgiving for the jurors, which Haggard said was "not lost on me."by an Athens Clarke County grand jury on malice murder and felony murder and other offenses in May. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
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