Protection motions by Aiden Fucci’s attorneys embody request for gag order

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – New protection motions filed by attorneys for Aiden Fucci embody a request for a gag order on witnesses, which seeks to stop them to talking to anybody however attorneys within the case.

Different motions embody a request that the state produce any proof that would impeach witness credibility and that the choose block the state from presenting closing arguments that will prejudice the defendant. All are frequent pre-trial motions.

Moreover, attorneys for native information shops, together with WJXT News4JAX, have filed a movement to intervene within the case, particularly to contest the earlier protection motions to shut the pretrial course of to the media and to bar cameras from jury choice.

Fucci is charged with first-degree homicide within the demise of 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey. She was discovered lifeless Could 9, 2021.

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Fucci, her schoolmate, was arrested within the early morning hours the day after Bailey’s physique was present in Durbin Crossing lower than a half-mile from Fucci’s house. Investigators mentioned his DNA was discovered on Bailey’s physique.

Fucci’s subsequent courtroom date has been set for Aug. 31.