Defense objects to homogenous jury pool in murder case
Mustafa Bush / MN DOC
(ABC 6 News) – Mustafa Bush’s defense objected to the first jury pool in a motion filed late Monday, Oct. 21.
Bush is accused of the murder of Kim Robinson over Christmas of 2022.
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On Monday, Bush’s defense moved to pull a new panel of jurors– one that is “an actual clear representation of the cross-section of the population of Olmsted County.”
“As it currently stands, any jury panel, as selected grossly under-represents a fair cross-section
of the population of Olmsted County as the panels are grossly under-represented by African-American individuals as reflected in the United States Census Bureau statistics for Olmsted County,” the motion continued.
His defense also filed a motion to block nine statements Robinson allegedly made to friends and family about previous incidents of physical violence, claiming the statements were hearsay at best, and untrustworthy at worst.
ABC 6 News will update this story as more Bush’s trial proceedings continue.
PREVIOUS COURTS REPORTING:
Previous killing brought up in Christmas murder pretrial motions – ABC 6 News – kaaltv.com
Mustafa Bush defense files motion to suppress mentioning previous murder – ABC 6 News – kaaltv.com