GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.—There won’t be a decision on whether a Grand Junction man convicted of killing his wife will get a new trial until next year.
KKCO-TV ( ) reports that a judge on Tuesday scheduled a hearing on Michael Blagg’s retrial request for May 19.
Blagg received a life sentence after he was convicted in 2004 of first-degree murder after deliberation in the death of Jennifer Blagg.
In July, the state appeals court sent Blagg’s case back to Mesa County after his attorneys argued juror Marilyn Charlesworth lied when she indicated in a juror questionnaire that she wasn’t a victim of domestic violence.
She has said she didn’t consider herself a victim then.
At a City Council hearing this year, she identified herself as a victim of domestic violence for 10 years.
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Information from: The Daily Sentinel,
