Despite the conviction of former Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez for the murder of Odin Lloyd, the process of pursuing justice for Lloyd isn’t complete. Two other man -- Carlos Ortiz and Ernest Wallace -- still face charges for their own roles in the killing.
Via the Fall River (Mass.) Herald News, both men are due to appear in court on Friday for hearing in connection with their eventual trials.
Per the report, Wallace’s hearing will entail a review of the status of the case. For Ortiz, the focus will be excluding from evidence incriminating statements he made to police without an attorney present.
In April, Hernandez’s lawyer, James Sultan (pictured, holding picture of Wallace), told jurors during closing arguments that Hernandez didn’t kill Lloyd but instead witnessed his murder. Which means that Hernandez contends that either Wallace or Ortiz did it.
But Hernandez surely won’t be testifying in either trial, and neither will Wallace nor Ortiz. And there’s also still no murder weapon or obvious motive. But the circumstantial evidence was sufficiently overwhelming to result in a conviction of Hernandez -- and it could be enough to result in a conviction of Ortiz or Wallace or both.