The attorney representing Aiden Fucci, the teenager charged with murder in the death of 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey, has filed new motions ahead of There is a hearing on the application on Friday.
According to records obtained Thursday by News4JAX, the attorney is requesting a 12-member jury. And he’s asking the judge to prevent the state from showing jurors the satanic photos that detectives say were in Fucci’s bedroom during their investigation, as well as several knives taken by as evidence.
The attorney is also requesting that all cell phone records be withheld.
On Thursday night, it appeared that both requests are in progress, according to the information available on the court clerk’s website.
FucciHe is now 16 years old and has been charged with first degree murder in the death of Bailey, his schoolmate. He was was stabbed to death on Mother’s Day last year in Durbin Crossing, less than half a mile from Fucci’s home in the neighborhood where Bailey also lived. He was arrested early the next day.
Fucci is being tried as an adult, even though he was 14 years old at the time of his arrest. If convicted, he could spend the rest of his life in prison.
Because he was a child when the crime occurred, he is not eligible for the death penalty.
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