ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla.— A new court date has been set for a St. Johns County man who could face the death penalty as the principal suspect in the 2015 double-murder of his estranged wife and her friend in their Murabella home.
James Terry Colley, Jr., 35, and his attorneys filed a brief in court to have the death penalty taken off the table, but that motion was denied by a St. Johns County judge on Monday.
On Wednesday, a judge set a new hearing date for June 16 at 8:30 a.m.
The judge also said he would like to set a trial for September or October. The right to a speedy trial had previously been waived.
Colley is accused of shooting and kill two women in their home before driving up to Virginia and trying to run a woman off the road, deputies said.