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Friend of ex-football star Aaron Hernandez loses bid to toss murder indictment
Published January 03, 2017
FILE - In this May 15, 2014 file photo, Ernest Wallace, a friend of former New England Patriots football player Aaron Hernandez, appears in Bristol Superior Court in Fall River, Mass. Lawyers for Wallace had wanted a Massachusetts court to dismiss the indictment, citing lack of probable cause and impairment of the integrity of the grand jury proceedings. But a judge denied that motion Monday, Nov. 16, 2015. Hernandez, Wallace and Carlos Ortiz were charged in the 2013 killing of Odin Lloyd, who was dating the sister of Hernandez's fiancee. Hernandez was convicted and is appealing a life sentence. Wallace and Ortiz have pleaded not guilty. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)
A friend of ex-New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez has lost his bid to have a murder indictment against him tossed out.
Lawyers for Ernest Wallace had wanted a Massachusetts court to dismiss the indictment, citing lack of probable cause and impairment of the integrity of the grand jury proceedings. But a judge denied that motion Monday.
Hernandez, Wallace and Carlos Ortiz were charged in the 2013 killing of Odin (OH'-dihn) Lloyd, who was dating the sister of Hernandez's fiancee. Hernandez, Wallace and Ortiz are from Bristol, Connecticut.
Lloyd's body was found in an industrial park near Hernandez's home in North Attleborough, Massachusetts, near the Rhode Island border.
Hernandez was convicted and is appealing a life sentence. Wallace and Ortiz have pleaded not guilty.
Hernandez also stands accused of killing two men outside a Boston nightclub in 2012.
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