02-15-2011, 10:56 PM
New Haven, CT – A motion to disqualify Judge Jon C. Blue from Joshua Komisarjevsky’s murder trial was denied. Attorneys for the triple murder defendant filed a series of motions this week to ensure their client receives a fair trial, but after a couple of hours of testimony, Superior Court Judge Brian T. Fischer said he didn’t hear anything that “gives rise to a reasonable question regarding (Blue's) impartiality.”
Judge Jon C. Blue is the same judge who presided over the trial for Komisarjevsky’s co-defendant, Steven Hayes. Hayes was convicted of murder and sentenced to death following a lengthy trial.
Komisarjevsky is charged with the 2007 murders of Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters, Hayley and Michaela Petit, following a home invasion in Cheshire, Connecticut. He faces the death penalty if convicted.
After Fischer’s ruling, Blue came into the courtroom and said he is ready to hear defense pre-trial motions. Motions expected to be discussed this week include requests for the sequestration of jurors, the elimination of a special media seating section in the courtroom, and a ban on any pins, clothing, or other items that somehow commemorate the victims in this case. The motion for the change of venue will be heard Feb. 23.
Judge Jon C. Blue is the same judge who presided over the trial for Komisarjevsky’s co-defendant, Steven Hayes. Hayes was convicted of murder and sentenced to death following a lengthy trial.
Komisarjevsky is charged with the 2007 murders of Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters, Hayley and Michaela Petit, following a home invasion in Cheshire, Connecticut. He faces the death penalty if convicted.
After Fischer’s ruling, Blue came into the courtroom and said he is ready to hear defense pre-trial motions. Motions expected to be discussed this week include requests for the sequestration of jurors, the elimination of a special media seating section in the courtroom, and a ban on any pins, clothing, or other items that somehow commemorate the victims in this case. The motion for the change of venue will be heard Feb. 23.