RENO, Nev. (AP) — Public defenders say the state's "rush" to convict a Salvadoran immigrant of four capital killings in northern Nevada violates his Constitutional rights.
They're urging a judge in Reno to delay the trial indefinitely due to COVID-19 travel restrictions keeping them from gathering evidence in El Salvador about his intellectual ability.
Prosecutors argue lawyers for 21-year-old Wilber Ernesto Martinez-Guzman have failed "to justify a never-ending continuance of his case."
A judge postponed a status hearing late Wednesday where both sides were scheduled to make their arguments. She cited the defense team's failure to meet a filing deadline.
A new hearing date is pending.
