Judge To Decide If Facebook Evidence Can Be Used In Murder Trial Of Bowie St. Student
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (WJZ) -- A judge is expected to decide whether cartoons and social media posts in a white supremacist's group can be used in the prosecution of a former University of Maryland student charged with murder and a hate crime in the death of a Bowie State University student.
Sean Urbanski is charged in the murder of Army Lieutenant Richard Collins III.
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Lawyers for Urbanski argue the judge should bar prosecutors from introducing racist cartoon images and posts from a now deleted white supremacist Facebook group, claiming the postings are irrelevant.
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Collins was visiting UMD's campus when he was stabbed to death last year.
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