The most significant & lengthy part of tomorrow’s hearing in
#Delphi will be debate about whether the judge should exclude ballistic tests that the prosecutor says links an unfired bullet at the murder scene to a gun owned by defendant Richard Allen.
Following his arrest, Richard Allen’s defense team said the science behind the state’s crime lab ballistic testing is flawed and has been “under attack in courtrooms across this country as being unreliable and lacking any scientific validity.”
Richard Allen, charged with murdering two
#Delphi teens in 2017, will be back in court tomorrow for an important pre-trial hearing. Here are the key issues that will be decided.
Richard Allen was arrested last October and charged with the 2017 murders of teenagers Abby Williams and Libby German.
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Updated: 1:00 PM EDT June 15, 2023
DELPHI, Ind. — Defendant Richard Allen will be back in court Thursday morning for an important day of hearings in the Delphi murders case. 13News will have several reporters inside the courtroom to explain what happened and what it means.
Allen was arrested last October and
charged with the murders of teenagers Abby Williams and Libby German, whose bodies were found near the Delphi Monon High Bridge in February 2017.
Here are the other key issues that might be addressed during Thursday's hearing:
Setting a trial date
13News has learned a trial date will likely be set for sometime within the next six months, and Richard Allen’s trial could start as early as mid-fall.
This portion of the hearing is expected to last only a few minutes.
Motion to suppress ballistics evidence
UPDATE: The judge will not be deciding on this issue during the June 15 hearing.