Courtney Lockhart's defense announced today at a status conference that it has filed a petition to the Alabama Supreme Court to appeal the decision of a lower court to deny a change in venue for the capital murder trial.
If the Supreme Court denies the change in venue, Lockhart's trial will be held Nov. 8 in Lee County Circuit Court.
Lockhart was indicted for the March 4, 2008 murder of Auburn freshman Lauren Burk and is facing charges of capital murder during a kidnapping, capital murder during an attempted rape and capital murder during a robbery.
Burk, 18, was found shot on Ala. 147/ South College Street near U.S. 280 and died at East Alabama Medical Center. Her car was later found on fire in the Hinton Field parking lot.
Lockhart, 23 at the time of the murder, is from Smiths Station. He confessed to Burk's murder March 10, 2008.
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