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Trial date set for ex-Patriots star Hernandez in 2 slayings

Trial date set for ex-Patriots star Hernandez in 2 slayings | iNFOnews.ca
FILE - In this Thursday, July 21, 2016 file photo, Former New England Patriots wide receiver Aaron Hernandez, left, looks down the table at his legal team as his new defense attorney Jose Baez, right, takes a seat during a court appearance at Plymouth Superior Court in Plymouth, Mass. Hernandez is due in Suffolk Superior Court on Tuesday, Aug. 16, for a hearing in the 2012 killings of two men outside a Boston nightclub. Hernandez has pleaded not guilty. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, Pool, File)

BOSTON – A judge has set a trial date in February for former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez in the double murder case against him.

Judge Jeffrey Locke told Hernandez’s lawyers on Tuesday to consider the date Feb. 13 “very firm” after they said they could not be ready for trial by the fall.

Hernandez already is serving a life sentence for the 2013 killing of Odin Lloyd.

He appeared in Suffolk Superior Court on Tuesday for the status hearing in the 2012 killings of two men outside a Boston nightclub. Hernandez is accused of opening fire on their car. He has pleaded not guilty.

Hernandez recently hired a new legal team, including Jose Baez, who successfully defended Casey Anthony in her 2011 trial in the death of her daughter.

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