A Burley man convicted of killing 14-year-old Regina Krieger in 1995 has asked for a new trial.
Gilberto Flores Rodriguez's first-degree murder case was placed in the hands of a 12-person jury on Tuesday afternoon after a weeklong trial, and the jury returned its guilty verdict just after 4 p.m.
The jury will reconvene Tuesday for jury instructions and closing arguments before the cases is handed over to the jury for deliberation.
Cassia County jurors in the Gilberto Flores Rodriguez first-degree murder trial were excused on Friday while attorneys and the judge had a Zoom hearing.
Tena told the jury during the previous hearing that he’d had a conversation with Rodriguez at a Rupert pond where two young girls were fishing and one of the girls reminded Rodriguez of Krieger — and Rodriguez spoke of the murder to Tena.
Before day two of the jury trial for Gilberto Flores Rodriguez started on Wednesday, the mother of slain teen Regina Krieger and “Gina” supporters were told they had to leave the courthouse because of what they were wearing.
The opening arguments in the murder trial of Gilberto Rodriguez included the prosecution and defense agreeing on one thing: that mistakes were made in the investigation into the death of 14-year-old Regina Krieger.
Jury selection began Tuesday in Cassia County District Court for Gilberto Flores Rodriguez, charged with first-degree murder in the 1995 death of a teen.
A Cassia County judge on Monday again denied a request to move the jury trial of a man charged with the 1995 death of Regina Krieger.
A two-week jury trial has been postponed again for a man charged in the death of a Burley teen nearly 26 years ago.
The January murder trial for a man charged in the 1995 death of a Burley teen has been delayed for two weeks.
After being postponed due to COVID-19, a jury trial for Gilberto Flores Rodriguez, who is charged with first-degree murder in a 1995 Cassia County teen’s death, was scheduled Monday for January 2021.
A jury trial for Gilberto Flores Rodriguez, charged with first-degree murder in the death of teen Regina Krieger, is postponed due to COVID-19.
A Cassia County district judge ruled Monday that Gilberto Flores Rodriguez’s trial on murder charges will proceed as scheduled after requests from both the defense and prosecution to make changes.
The attorney for the man charged with the murder of a Burley teen 25 years ago has asked a judge to move the trial from Cassia County to Ada County.
The man suspected of killing a Burley teen 24 years ago will no longer face the death penalty when his case goes to trial, the prosecutor said Tuesday.
A jury trial is set for next spring for the man accused of killing Regina Krieger in 1995.
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