Michael George Motion Dismissed; To Stand Trial September 7

According to regional newspaper filings, Macomb County Judge John C. Foster denied a motion filed by Carl Malinga, the defense attorney for former prominent comics retailer and convention organizer Michael George, to dismiss the murder case against his client based on their handling of evidence that might have benefited his client. George's second trial -- the results of the first in 2008 were suspended because of the evidence issues -- will begin September 7.

George is accused of the 1990 shooting death of his then-wife in their Michigan comic book store. At the time of his arrest four years ago, George was relocated to Pennsylvania where he had remarried. The trial garnered some significant attention for its lurid aspects and the fact that it was for a murder several years old that was being brought not from new scientific evidence but by an administrative initiative digging into older cases. Prosecutors maintain that the case was dismissed in part because of the difficulties in trying an old case and securing all of the police paperwork from long ago.

A hair found on the sweater Barbara George was wearing at the time of her murder was tested this Spring for a potential match with her husband; it did not match. That delayed a planned March 2011 second trial. George has been out on bond since June 2010. Circuit Judge Mary Chrzanowski will preside over the trial.
 
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