New Trial Scheduled for Suspect in Teen’s Slaying
From Times Staff Reports
An Aug. 18 trial date has been scheduled for a woman accused of aiding two skinhead gang members in the slaying of a teenage girl at a Ventura motel four years ago.
Bridget Callahan was convicted in November of first-degree murder with special circumstances for her role in the 1998 slaying of 17-year-old Nichole Hendrix.
However, last month a Ventura County Superior Court judge dismissed the conviction and granted the 31-year-old Callahan a new trial on the murder charge.
The judge ruled that her defense attorney failed to competently represent her.
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