New trial is set for Sierra LaMar’s murder suspect

The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office is preparing for another trial for Antolin Garcia Torres, after an appeals court overturned his conviction for murdering Morgan Hill teen Sierra LaMar.

Garcia Torres will again be tried on a charge of first degree murder, and the new trial must begin by July 13, according to Deputy DA O’Bryan Kenney. Garcia Torres, a Morgan Hill resident before he was sentenced to prison in 2017, was arraigned on the new charge on June 5 in Santa Clara County Superior Court.

A tentative trial date is set for June 29 in a Santa Clara County courtroom…

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