US EditionKouri Richins again requests to move trial after receiving jury questionnaires
Defense cites over 85% case recognition and 60% close following among Summit County jurors, leaving only about 72 potential impartial jurors for the trial.
4 Articles
4 Articles
Summit County prepares for jury selection in Kouri Richins trial
About 250 Summit County residents will soon learn whether they’ve been summoned for jury selection in the murder trial of Kouri Richins, where just 12 will be seated for almost five weeks of proceedings. Third District Court Judge Richard Mrazik met with the prosecutors and defense attorneys on Monday morning to determine which potential jurors would not be summoned. The court’s jury team plans to notify residents this week if they need to appea…
Kouri Richins requests change of venue days before jury selection
SUMMIT COUNTY, Utah (Scripps News Group) — Days before her trial is set to begin, Kouri Richins has requested it be moved out of Summit County due to the belief that she cannot receive a fair trial. The latest request for a change of venue was filed on Friday after the defense team received the jury questionnaires. The trial is scheduled to begin with jury selection on Feb. 10. Kouri Richins, a Utah mother of three who wrote a children’s book ab…
Kouri Richins again requests to move trial after receiving jury questionnaires
PARK CITY, Utah (KSL) — Attorneys for Kouri Richins — the Utah mother accused of fatally poisoning her husband and later writing a children’s book about coping with grief — are again requesting her trial be moved from Summit County to Salt Lake County after they received jury questionnaires. The request comes just 10 days […]
Defense again seeks to move Kouri Richins murder trial out of Summit County
PARK CITY, Utah — Attorneys for Kouri Richins are again asking a judge to move her murder trial out of Summit County, arguing that jury questionnaire responses show widespread familiarity with the case and leave too small a pool to seat an impartial jury. The renewed request, filed Friday in 3rd District Court, comes about 10 days before jury selection is scheduled to begin Feb. 10. “Now that the court has the responses to the jury questionnaire…
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 100% of the sources are Center
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
