ACTION 8 UPDATE: Ibraheem Yazeed asks for acquittal or new trial in killing of Aniah Blanchard

TUSKEGEE, Ala. (WAKA) – Attorneys for Ibraheem Yazeed, the Montgomery man convicted of killing college student Aniah Blanchard in 2019, have filed a motion asking that he be acquitted or given a new trial.

Attorneys have filed a 22-point motion in Circuit Court of Macon County listing various reasons why they believe that evidence presented at his trial earlier this year did not support a guilty verdict beyond a reasonable doubt and that errors were committed during the trial.

Earlier this year, a jury found Yazeed guilty of felony murder and guilty of murder in the two main counts he faced in the shooting death of 19-year-old Blanchard. He was not found guilty of capital murder in either count he faced…

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