Judge: Ahmaud Arbery's past troubles irrelevant to trial

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia justice says helium won't let attorneys for the men charged with sidesplitting Ahmaud Arbery to usage grounds of the slain Black man's troubled past erstwhile they basal proceedings for murder.

Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley said successful a written bid that the victim's quality isn't applicable oregon admissible successful a execution case.

Father and lad Gregory and Travis McMichael and their neighbour William "Roddie" Bryan look proceedings this autumn successful the February 2020 slaying.

They chased and changeable Arbery aft seeing him moving successful their vicinity successful coastal Glynn County.

Defense attorneys accidental the men suspected Arbery was a burglar and sought to marque a citizen's arrest.

They wanted the assemblage to cognize of Arbery's 2 anterior arrests.

In June, the Cobb County District Attorney posted connected societal media that the 3 men were charged connected the pursuing counts: malice murder, felony execution (four counts), aggravated battle (two counts), mendacious imprisonment, and transgression effort to perpetrate mendacious imprisonment.

In aboriginal May, Gregory and Travis McMichael were arrested 2 days aft the filmed brushwood became public.

Bryan allegedly filmed the brushwood betwixt Arbery and the McMichaels.

The 3 men person pled not blameworthy and are being held successful jailhouse without bond.