ATHENS, Ga. — The man convicted of killing nursing student Laken Riley on the University of Georgia campus is in court Friday, and a judge is hearing Jose Ibarra’s attorneys’ motion for a new trial.

ATLANTA, Ga. — The man convicted of killing nursing student Laken Riley on the University of Georgia’s campus in 2024 is requesting a new trial. Lawyers for Jose Ibarra claim some of the evidence used ...

Ibarra’s attorneys claim constitutional errors in evidence rulings and seek vacating the guilty verdict. The defendant waived a jury trial; the judge convicted him and imposed life without parole.

ATHENS, Ga. — A judge has denied a request by Jose Antonio Ibarra for a new trial in the murder of Laken Riley. Ibarra, from Venezuela, was convicted at a bench trial in November 2024. He was ...

ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY, GA — The man convicted of killing University of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley is scheduled to appear in an Athens-Clarke County courtroom Friday to request a new trial.

Dan Raby, the senior digital producer for CBS News Atlanta, has been covering everything happening around Georgia for more than a decade. Lawyers for the Venezuelan man convicted of killing Georgia ...

Jason Riley is suing the UGA Board of Regents and apartment owners for negligence leading to Laken Riley’s murder. The lawsuit alleges UGA failed to warn students about a reported "Peeping Tom" threat ...

Jose Ibarra's request for a new trial was denied on Monday by Clarke County Superior Court Judge H. Patrick Haggard, who presided over the original trial. In his order, Haggard wrote that the evidence ...