By RUSS BYNUM
Associated Press
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) â A judge said Thursday he will review under seal mental health records of Ahmaud Arbery to decide whether they can be used by defense attorneys to support their case that the slaying of the 25-year-old Black man was an act of self-defense.
Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley declined to hear from an expert witness that defense lawyers plan to use to discuss Arbery s mental health at trial until the judge rules on whether the records can be admitted into evidence. He ordered those documents to be sealed, meaning they won t be part of the public case record.
Russ Bynum
In this image from video, Gregory McMichael, second from right, is led by security officers from the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Ga., Wednesday, May 12, 2021. A Georgia judge will continue hearing legal motions Thursday in the murder case of three men facing a fall trial in the slaying of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man who was chased and shot after being spotted running in the defendants neighborhood. (AP Photo/Lewis M. Levine) May 13, 2021 - 1:23 PM
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) â A judge said Thursday he will review under seal mental health records of Ahmaud Arbery to decide whether they can be used by defense attorneys to support their case that the slaying of the 25-year-old Black man was an act of self-defense.