The Louisiana Supreme Court has ruled the trial of suspects in the carjacking/murder of Linda Frickey will be rescheduled, with a new trial date expected to be chosen later this week, according to NOLA.com. The high court rule the trial judge should not have pushed ahead to start the trial as lawyers for both sides sought a continuance.
Defense lawyers wanted the delay so they could examine DNA and fingerprint evidence recently provided by the prosecution. The New Orleans District Attorney's Office agreed, joining the defense in their request to continue the trial.
Orleans Criminal District Court Judge Kimya Holmes, however, denied the request, and instead ruled that prosecution would not be allowed to introduce that evidence.
Frickey was killed in March 2022 when four suspects tried to remove her from her vehicle and drive away in it. However, Frickey's arm got tangled up in a seat belt, and the perpetrators dragged her until her arm was torn from her body. Frickey died from blunt-force trauma injuries.
Four juveniles are charges as adults in the crime. John Honore, Briniyah Baker, and Mar’Qel Curtis were to go on trial Monday, until the supreme court ordered a halt to the proceedings.
A fourth teen, Lenyra Theophile, was found mentally incompetent to stand trial.
