Trial for Cristhian Bahena Rivera postponed to 2021
Updated: 5:27 PM CDT Jul 10, 2020
Trial for Cristhian Bahena Rivera postponed to 2021
Updated: 5:27 PM CDT Jul 10, 2020
GRANTED A DELAY IN THE TRIAL OF A MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING MOLLIE TIBBETTS. THE ATTORNEYS FOR CRISTHIAN BAHENA RIVERA AND THE PROSECUTORS HAVE A VESTED THE DELAY BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. THE JURY TRIAL IS SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 25. IT WILL BE MOVED TO THE SCOTT COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN DAVENPORT
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Trial for Cristhian Bahena Rivera postponed to 2021
Updated: 5:27 PM CDT Jul 10, 2020
A judge is allowing the trial for Cristhian Bahena Rivera has been postponed until Jan. 25, 2021. Bahena Rivera has been charged for first-degree murder in connection with the death of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts in 2018.In June, Bahena Rivera's attorneys and the state filed a joint motion to further delay the trial, which was originally scheduled for Sept. 29 in Woodbury County. However the location has changed to the Scott County Courthouse in Davenport. Court documents list concerns around COVID-19 as the reasons for the trial to be delayed. The document also sites difficulty with social distancing during the trial and the “expected glut of cases” in Woodbury County following the pandemic.
WOODBURY COUNTY, Iowa —
A judge is allowing the trial for Cristhian Bahena Rivera has been postponed until Jan. 25, 2021.
Bahena Rivera has been charged for first-degree murder in connection with the death of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts in 2018.
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In June, Bahena Rivera's attorneys and the state filed a joint motion to further delay the trial, which was originally scheduled for Sept. 29 in Woodbury County. However the location has changed to the Scott County Courthouse in Davenport.
Court documents list concerns around COVID-19 as the reasons for the trial to be delayed. The document also sites difficulty with social distancing during the trial and the “expected glut of cases” in Woodbury County following the pandemic.