
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Two Omaha attorneys have offered to work with the out-of-state defense team of a former doctor accused of killing four people with ties to an Omaha medical school.
Jeremy Jorgenson and David Reed filed a motion Friday to sponsor Chicago attorneys Alison Motta, her husband Robert Motta Jr. and father-in-law Robert Motta Sr. They represent Anthony Garcia in his first-degree murder case. A judge must decide whether the Mottas will be allowed to continue as Garcia’s attorneys.
Garcia’s trial had been set to begin Monday. It was postponed Thursday when two other Omaha attorneys who had been working with the Mottas withdrew after prosecutors accused Alison Motta of trying to taint the jury pool by telling reporters that DNA evidence exonerates Garcia.