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Aaron Hernandez's trial for the murder of Odin Lloyd in 2013 has tentatively been set to begin on Oct. 6, Boston.com and the Providence Journal reported.

Hernandez's lawyers were back in court Monday, saying the prosecution hasn't established probable cause that the former Patriots tight end shot and killed Lloyd in 2013, and the murder charge should be dropped.

The defense said the case presented to the grand jury, which led to an indictment, was "woefully lacking," the Boston Globe reported. Prosecutor William McCauley stated that the plan set up to kill Lloyd, a semipro football player, was “wholly set up by the defendant" and that the evidence his team has is "powerful," according to the Globe.

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Aaron Hernandez Seeks Patriots Medical Records As Potential Evidence

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The Patriots have largely stayed clear of involvement in either of Aaron Hernandez's two murder cases. That may change; Hernandez's attorneys have asked a judge to subpoena the Patriots for all of Hernandez's medical records during his time with the team. Well, nearly all of them.

On Monday, the judge set a July deadline for the Patriots to respond to a previous request from Hernandez's defense team. But Hernandez's lawyers filed a motion yesterday seeking a subpoena for the records ASAP.

The motion says,

"The records maintained by the New England Patriots regarding Hernandez are potentially evidentiary and relevant in this case, in that they may bear upon his circumstances and state-of-mind prior to the alleged offense, as well as his physical and mental state at the time."

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The motion also includes a release form, signed by Hernandez, authorizing the Patriots to give up their records. Although, as noted by Ride The Pine, not every category gets a check mark.

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"The records maintained by the New England Patriots regarding Hernandez are potentially evidentiary and relevant in this case, in that they may bear upon his circumstances and state-of-mind prior to the alleged offense, as well as his physical and mental state at the time."

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[h1]League, NFLPA may want to look at Belichick-Hernandez texts[/h1]
Posted by Mike Florio on July 16, 2014, 12:21 PM EDT

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Setting aside for now the idea that a guy who seemingly avoids interpersonal communication whenever and wherever possible somehow generated 33 pages of text messages with one person over a four-month period, the content of those exchanges between Patriots coach Bill Belichick and former Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez from February through May of 2013 could be of interest to the league office for competitive reasons.

The labor deal signed in August 2011 placed new limits on the extent to which coaches can coach players in the offseason.  Prior to the start of the offseason workout program in April of each year, meetings between coaches and player are prohibited, and “players’ activities may not be directed or supervised by any coaches.”

It’s unclear what that quote, taken from Article 21, Section 2(a)(iv) of the CBA, actually means.  If interpreted as broadly as it seems to be written, any texts from Belichick that could be construed as any direction or supervision of Hernandez’s football-related activities could ultimately be a problem.

This assumes that the league or the NFLPA would even be inclined to do anything about it.  The Peyton Manning/Adam Gase Tuscaloosan rendezvous was by all appearances swept under Nick Saban’s pile of Little Debbie wrappers.  The folks in charge of enforcing the rules seem to realize that there’s some play in the joints, especially when contact during non-contact practices blows out a guy’s knee without consequence.  (Other than the blown-out knee.)

Regardless of whether the texts show supervision and direction that violates the letter of the CBA, the 33 pages will shed plenty of light on the real Bill Belichick, a guy who has managed to keep most of himself tightly concealed from view — with the lone exception of the documentary he uncharacteristically allowed NFL Films to produce a few years back.  It could be that Belichick was simply keeping closer tabs on Hernandez during the first offseason in which the player had an enormous amount of cash in his bank account, thanks to the long-term contract signed the prior August.  Still, if/when the text messages ever come to light, the words thumb-typed by the cryptic coach will be scrutinized for any hint that Belichick knew or should have known that Hernandez was behaving irrationally or otherwise at risk of doing something incredibly stupid and/or criminal while left to his own devices.

And if there’s any plausible reason to think that Belichick feared Hernandez was heading down the wrong path only a few weeks before allegedly killing Odin Lloyd and failed to do anything about it, the questions will get a lot more serious and pointed than whether Belichick was coaching players at a time on the calendar when coaching wasn’t allowed.

For that reason, there’s a very good chance that the Patriots will do everything they can to ensure that the text messages never are disclosed.  Hopefully by employing a better procedure than the one used to secure their Johnny Football scouting report.

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The Patriots have already agreed to hand over the team's medical records on Hernandez, but are fighting to keep secret nine pages of scouting reports and a psychological evaluation.

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koncrete kickz said:

Did they ever find the weapon used in the killing ?

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mr jordan04 said:

koncrete kickz said:

Did they ever find the weapon used in the killing ?

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I don't think so

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Mr Marcus said:

Jenkins the gf? If so I agree cause she ain't eating that perjury charge

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lynchpin33 said:

didn't she have immunity though? and aren't they trying to get married to avoid this as well?

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A Bristol Superior Court judge Tuesday threw out evidence taken from several electronic devices seized by state troopers last year from the North Attleborough home of Aaron Hernandez, the former New England Patriots tight end charged with three murders.

In a 28-page ruling, Judge E. Susan Garsh did not specify what evidence from the devices — an iPhone 5, a Blackberry Bold cellphone, an Apple iPad, and two iPad minis — will be inadmissible at Hernandez’s trial on charges of murdering Odin L. Lloyd of Dorchester in June 2013.

A lawyer for Hernandez and a spokesman for Bristol District Attorney C. Samuel Sutter both declined to comment.

Garsh wrote that shortly after Lloyd’s death, Hernandez told investigators he had last seen Lloyd in Boston and he had the address saved in a GPS device.

When troopers later entered Hernandez’s home in June 2013 with a search warrant, they “operated under the misimpression that the Search Warrant authorized the seizure of GPS devices when they seized the cell phones and tablets from Hernandez’s residence,” Garsh wrote.

In the ruling, Garsh rejected the prosecutors’ argument that troopers were entitled to seize any cellphones in Hernandez’s home in order to determine which one was his.

“In effect, the Commonwealth maintains that a search warrant for a cell phone with a designated number constitutes authority in all cases to seize every cell phone found at the search site,” Garsh wrote.

Last month, Garsh denied  a defense motion to suppress additional evidence taken from a separate cellphone that belonged to Hernandez, which he had given to his attorney and which State Police had obtained another warrant for.

Authorities say Hernandez’s number from that cellphone was programmed into Lloyd’s phone and Lloyd called and texted Hernandez a few hours before he was shot. They also allege that Hernandez summoned his codefendants in the slaying via text message several hours before the murder.

In her July ruling, Garsh had also denied a defense motion to suppress images from Hernandez’s home surveillance system, which allegedly showed him holding a gun inside the residence shortly after the fatal shooting of Lloyd, whose bullet-riddled body was found in an industrial yard near Hernandez’s spacious home.

Hernandez, 24, and two alleged accomplices, Carlos Ortiz, 28, and Ernest Wallace, 42, have all pleaded not guilty to murder charges in the killing of Lloyd.

Hernandez has also pleaded not guilty in Suffolk County to two counts of murder in the July 2012 shooting deaths of Daniel Abreu and Safiro Furtado in Boston’s South End.

The families of all three of Hernandez’s alleged murder victims have filed wrongful death lawsuits against him, and he is also being sued in Florida by a former associate who alleges that Hernandez shot him in the face in that state.

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RoOk said:

If this dude beats this case..man lol

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FALL RIVER, Mass. -- A judge has thrown out as evidence bullets found in an apartment rented by ex-New England Patriots  tight end Aaron Hernandez and a magazine found in his Hummer, saying police didn't demonstrate probable cause for the searches.

Judge Susan Garsh ruled Thursday in Fall River Superior Court. Prosecutors had previously indicated they wouldn't oppose the defense's effort to keep the items out but provided little explanation.

Hernandez has pleaded not guilty to the fatal shooting of Odin Lloyd. Authorities have said they didn't retrieve the gun but believe it was a .45 pistol. The items tossed out were the same caliber.

The judge heard additional testimony on other defense motions to toss evidence from Hernandez's cellphone and home surveillance system and a rifle found in a car at his home.

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