Lori Vallow Daybell requests new trial claiming juror bias from knowledge of previous convictions
Lori Vallow Daybell submits requests new trial
Convicted murderer Lori Vallow Daybell is asking for a new trial, claiming that one of the jurors in the case had previous knowledge of her convictions in Idaho before making his decision.
PHOENIX - Convicted murderer, Lori Vallow Daybell, is now asking for a new trial.
She was convicted last month here in Arizona, for plotting to kill her previous husband, Charles Vallow. But she claims one of the jurors in the case had knowledge of her previous convictions in Idaho before he made his decision.
The court made it clear that jurors were not supposed to know that Vallow Daybell was convicted of killing her kids and conspiring to kill her husband's first wife.
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The jury reached the guilty verdict in the case just one day after both sides made their closing arguments in court.
What's next:
The court has not ruled on her motion, but Vallow Daybell has a second Arizona trial on the horizon.
She's charged with conspiring to kill her niece's ex-husband back in 2019.
That trial is scheduled to start next month.
Dig deeper:
The State filed a 15-page request to the court on May 7 to deny the motion Vallow Daybell filed.
Judge Justin Beresky, who presided over the first trial, will be the judge to decide on the matter.