Hernandez lawyers to argue for moving Massachusetts murder trial to different county
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}FILE - Charles Rankin, lawyer for former New England Patriots football player Aaron Hernandez, stands before Judge Jeffrey Locke during a hearing at Suffolk Superior Court in Boston, in this Oct. 21, 2014 file photo. The lawyers for former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez are set to go before a judge Thursday Oct. 30, 2014 to argue that his trial in the 2013 killing of a semiprofessional football player should be moved because of intense pretrial media coverage. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, Pool, File) (The Associated Press)
Lawyers for former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez are set to go before a judge to argue that his trial in the 2013 killing of a semiprofessional football player should be moved because of intense pretrial media coverage.
A hearing is scheduled Thursday in Fall River Superior Court.
Hernandez's lawyers argued in a court filing that a "relentless avalanche of pretrial publicity" has had a "devastating effort" on the jury pool in the area of southeastern Massachusetts, where the killing took place.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Hernandez has pleaded not guilty in the shooting death of Odin Lloyd, who'd been dating the sister of Hernandez's fiancee. Hernandez's lawyers have said a poll they commissioned found that 7 in 10 adults in Bristol County believe Hernandez is either definitely or probably guilty.
Prosecutors oppose the request.