Lawyers for a man charged with killing four people in 2005 shooting spree that began inside a downtown Atlanta courthouse want the judge presiding over the case removed.
Brian Nichols' lawyers say in court papers Monday that Superior Court Judge James Bodiford was quoted in a newspaper article four days after the shootings saying that he was friends with the judge killed in the rampage.
It’s not the first time a judge has been removed from the trial.
Earlier this year, the first judge presiding over the Nichols case stepped down after he was quoted in a magazine article saying of Nichols that "everyone in the world knows he did it."
Nichols' murder trial resumes July 10.
Brian Nichols' lawyers say in court papers Monday that Superior Court Judge James Bodiford was quoted in a newspaper article four days after the shootings saying that he was friends with the judge killed in the rampage.
It’s not the first time a judge has been removed from the trial.
Earlier this year, the first judge presiding over the Nichols case stepped down after he was quoted in a magazine article saying of Nichols that "everyone in the world knows he did it."
Nichols' murder trial resumes July 10.
