Kouri Richins’ criminal case will return to Summit County’s Third District Court after the Utah Supreme Court denied to hear an appeal filed by her defense team.

A jury trial was scheduled to start in late April. Yet the proceedings were delayed indefinitely when the Kamas mother of three’s lawyers appealed a decision preventing them from changing the trial venue to Salt Lake County or seating a jury of Salt Lake voters in Summit County.

Third District Court Judge Richard Mrazik on April 7 granted a motion to pause all pretrial proceedings in the murder case until an appellate court could determine whether a fair and impartial jury can be seated in Summit County. The trial was originally scheduled to start three weeks later and was expected to wrap up around Memorial Day.

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