Prosecution and defense in the Brian Nichols trial both requested that the trial be moved out of the Fulton County Courthouse, the same building Nichols is accused of shooting and killing three people back in 2005.
The trial could be moved to the Richard B. Russell Courthouse, which is a federal courthouse and still in Fulton County. The federal courthouse is three blocks away from the Fulton County Courthouse.
Brian Nichols sits in a jail cell, awaiting a murder trial that has been continuously delayed because of problems paying for his defense.
Nichols has pleaded not guilty.
Relatives of the four people Nichols is charged with killing on March 11, 2005, also wait for an end to a case that remains an unhealed wound for the entire Fulton County Courthouse community.
Judge James Bodiford has moved swiftly to push the Nichols case forward.
He is expected to announce Monday when he will resume the trial.
But all the recent progress could be diminished if the state public defender's office lacks the money to adequately fund Nichols' defense at trial.
Experts have been hired to evaluate Nichols as part of his planned mental health defense and some of them will likely be called to testify at trial.
Tuesday's anniversary will be marked by a memorial service for the courthouse shooting victims. Portraits of the three victims who were killed at the courthouse will be unveiled and then hung.
Labels: Atlanta, Brian Nichols, Court, Trial
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Brian Vanderhoff @ 1:03 PM
