SOMERVILLE, N.J. (AP) -A New Jersey judge has rejected attempts by attorneys for Jayson Williams to throw out the manslaughter case against the former NBA star.
Williams was convicted in 2004 of covering up the shooting of a hired driver, but he faces a retrial in January on a reckless manslaughter count.
State Superior Court Judge Edward Coleman ruled Friday that defense attorneys didn’t prove that racial bias and prosecutorial misconduct tainted the trial.
Members of the Hunterdon County prosecutor’s office testified this month at a hearing prompted by the disclosure two years ago that a county investigator used a racial slur to describe Williams, who is black.
The slur was not disclosed to the defense until more than three years after Williams’ conviction.
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