NEW ORLEANS — A new order from a Louisiana appeals court is pushing for a trial date at the end of the year for the teenagers accused of carjacking and killing 73-year-old Linda Frickey, last year in Mid-City.
Our partners at Nola.com reported that this is the second time in four months the court has tried to get New Orleans Judge Kimya Holmes to schedule a trial date.
Judges Paul Brown, Rosemary Ledet and Sandra Cabrina Jenkins of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeal upheld a mandate from the Supreme Court that was made earlier in the case with the new order.
Linda Frickey was beaten and tossed out of her car in a carjacking, but her arm got twisted in the door and she was dragged to her death, her arm severing in the incident.
The teens are scheduled to be tried as adults. John Honore, Lenyra Theophile, Mar’Qel Curtis and Briniyah Baker, face second-degree murder charges.
The trial was supposed to begin on Apr. 4, of this year, but was delayed by a judge until March 2024. The Louisiana Supreme Court then decided that the trial must be held in 2023.
Holmes scheduled the trial to start on Nov. 20, but it was delayed again after another defense request postponed it for testing in September. The trial was delayed without setting a new date, according to Nola.com.
The new date was set on last Thursday, Oct. 5 after prosecutors went to the 4th Circuit.
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