The trial for an Austin police officer accused of shooting and killing Michael Ramos unjustifiably will now start on October 16, 2023. The defense also plans to file a motion for a change of venue.
After an afternoon meeting, the Christopher Taylor murder trial has a new start date of October 16. 2023. Christopher Taylor is accused ofChristopher Taylor trial: Judge approves defense's motion for mistrial
A Travis County judge approved the defense's motion for a mistrial in the Christopher Taylor murder trial. The new trial date in October will begin with jury selection. Judge Dayna Blazey says a new batch of 100 potential jurors will be brought in that day and each side will have two hours to question the group. Her hopes are to have a jury of 14 picked from the group of 100, but there will be 200 extra potential jurors available in the following two days just in case.
This comes after the trial was already set to begin three weeks ago, but a mistrial motion made by the defense team scrapped that progress. The judge approved the motion because the previous jury selection process failed to get a jury of 14 after four days and the defense team claimed jury intimidation.
The defense plans to file another motion next Friday. The motion will be for a change of venue. The defense team wants the murder trial to be moved to a different county.
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