George Huguely, the former University student accused of killing his on-again, off-again girlfriend, 22-year-old Yeardley Love, is set to stand trial in the Charlottesville Circuit Court in February 2012.
The date was set after a grand jury convened yesterday morning and determined that the prosecution had provided enough evidence for a trial. The jury indicted Huguely on six charges: first-degree murder, felony murder, robbery, burglary, statutory burglary and grand larceny.
"There were six [indictments] and they indicted him on all six charges," Charlottesville City spokesperson Ric Barrick said. Barrick also noted that motions will be heard Nov. 7.
The two-week trial is scheduled for Feb. 6 through Feb. 17, and was set by Commonwealth's Attorney Dave Chapman and Fran Lawrence, Huguely's attorney. The attorneys were unable to schedule a date in 2011 because of a combination of a busy court docket, other trials, the winter holidays and personal obligations, according to The Daily Progress.
The indictments come a week after Huguely's nine-hour preliminary hearing, during which friends and former teammates of Huguely and Love detailed the circumstances surrounding Love's death May 3 last year. Love's roommate testified that she found Love face down on her bed, with blood on her pillow, shortly after 2:15 a.m. that morning. Huguely's friends characterized him as intoxicated the day he entered Love's room and "shook" Love, allowing her head "to repeatedly hit the wall," according to a police affidavit.
-compiled by Michelle Davis
Read More
Board of Visitors Finance Committee hears presentation on budget process
By Cecilia Mould | 3 days agoThe Committee will review and vote on the budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year when the full Board reconvenes for its June meeting.
Police forcefully clear encampment near University Chapel, detain protesters
By Thomas Baxter and Finn Trainer | 5 days agoThe University declared the encampment an unlawful assembly at 2:44 p.m.
Student Council passes appointment bill, approves new CIOs at final meeting of semester
By Arshiya Pant | 6 days agoMendoza Gonzalez also said she will be meeting with Kenyon R. Bonner, vice president and chief student affairs officer, to discuss further strategies for the Student Council Endowment Fund.
