Judge Denies Convicted Murderer’s Request for New Evidence in Death of Iowa Student
An Iowa trial judge denied a motion by Cristhian Bahena Rivera s defense lawyers to force production of new evidence in support of their quest for a new trial, after their client was convicted in May of killing Mollie Tibbetts.
Cristhian Bahena Rivera in the courtroom at the Scott County Courthouse in Davenport, Iowa, on Wednesday, May 19, 2021. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette, Pool)
(CN) An Iowa trial judge on Friday denied a request by the man convicted of killing University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts to force state prosecutors to produce evidence his lawyers say could pin the murder on a different person.
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