Jose Ibarra, the Venezuelan national charged with murdering Augusta University student Laken Riley on the University of Georgia campus in February, has chosen a trial by judge over jury.

Jose Ibarra, 26, is charged with the February killing of 22-year-old Laken Hope Riley, a nursing student at Augusta University. Riley's body was discovered on the University of Georgia campus ...

The motion came during a pretrial hearing for Jose Ibarra on Tuesday. Jury selection had been scheduled to start on Wednesday. The judge granted the motion for a bench trial, which will begin ...

Riley died of blunt force trauma in the attack. Now, Jose Antonio Ibarra, 26, is behind bars and has been charged with Riley’s murder. His trial was set to begin on November 13 with jury ...

FILE - Defense attorneys Kaitlyn Beck shuffles papers in a folder as Jose Ibarra, center, accused of killing a nursing student, Laken Hope Riley, appears in court for a motion hearing on Friday, Oct.

Jose Ibarra is charged with malice murder in the death of Laken Riley and opted for a bench trial over a jury trial. The trial is set to begin at 9 a.m. Friday with Superior Court Judge H.

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