The trial for a Newport Beach man who stands accused of murdering his former high school classmate Blaze Bernstein is tentatively set for November following a trial setting conference held Friday. Orange County Superior Court Judge Kimberly Menninger set the date for the jury trial of Samuel Lincoln Woodward, now 23, to begin for November after Woodward’s attorney requested a delay of the proceedings to January due to other trial conflicts. The trial was initially scheduled to begin in late June, but was delayed as deputy public defender Alison Worthington was assigned to another case verging on a jury trial, according to recent court filings by prosecutors that opposed the delay. The jury trial is now expected to begin on Nov. 12. Bernstein was on winter break from the University of Pennsylvania and was visiting his family in Lake Forest when he disappeared.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 10, 2021 00:33 UTC