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Judge will hear from attorneys on police murder retrial

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FILE – In this July 30, 2015, file photo, former University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing, center, glances toward his lawyer Stewart Mathews, right, after entering not guilty pleas on charges of murder and voluntary manslaughter in the July 19, 2015, traffic stop shooting of Samuel DuBose, during Tensing's arraignment at the Hamilton County Courthouse in Cincinnati. Hamilton County, Ohio, Common Pleas Court Judge Leslie Ghiz scheduled a Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, meeting to get an update from prosecutors and defense attorneys before she presides over Tensing's retrial set to begin May 25, 2017, after the first trial ended with a hung jury. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File) (The Associated Press)

FILE – In this Jan. 23, 2017, file photo, Hamilton County, Ohio, Common Pleas Court Judge Leslie Ghiz meets with attorneys concerning the retrial of former University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing in the July 19, 2015, traffic stop shooting death of motorist Samuel DuBose, during a hearing in Cincinnati. Ghiz scheduled a Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, meeting to get an update from prosecutors and defense attorneys before she presides over Tensing's retrial set to begin May 25, 2017, after the first trial ended with a hung jury. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File) (The Associated Press)

The judge who will preside over the murder retrial of a white former University of Cincinnati police officer who fatally shot a black motorist during a traffic stop plans to get an update from attorneys on pretrial progress in the case.

Hamilton County Judge Leslie Ghiz (gihz) set a Monday meeting with both sides in the Ray Tensing case, scheduled for trial May 25. The first trial ended with a hung jury.

Ghiz has said her goal is to keep the second trial in Hamilton County, and she imposed a gag order on trial participants.

Tensing has testified he feared for his life as Sam DuBose tried to drive away in July 2015.