Urshawn Eric Miller - Tennessee Death Row
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Ahmad Dhalai
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New trial date set in Bull Market homicide
By Maranda Faris
The Jackson Sun
Urshawn Miller is scheduled for trial in March after a hearing Wednesday morning in a robbery and shooting last November that left a gas station clerk dead.
Miller's new trial is scheduled for March 20 before Judge Don Allen.
Allen also denied a motion for a change of venue in the case.
Miller is scheduled to appear Jan. 10 for a status hearing.
Miller was indicted in May on charges of first-degree murder in perpetration of a felony, attempted especially aggravated robbery, attempted first-degree murder, aggravated assault, employing a firearm during the attempt to commit a dangerous felony, convicted felon in possession of a firearm, resisting arrest and evading arrest.
Prosecutors with the District Attorney's Office have filed a motion to seek the death penalty or life without parole if Miller is found guilty of murder, court documents say.
Miller was previously convicted of multiple felonies and the death of clerk Ahmad Dhalai was "knowingly committed," during the attempted aggravated robbery, court documents say.
Court documents say Miller attempted to rob Bull Market gas station on Hollywood Drive at Arlington Avenue on Nov. 25, 2015, before shooting Dhalai and running into the woods behind Classic Bowling Lane on Arlington Avenue.
Police repeatedly ordered Miller out of the woods, eventually deploying a K-9. Court documents say Miller choked the K-9 and was tasered in a struggle.
A gun that matched the .38-caliber handgun was recovered with three spent shell casings and three live rounds, as well as clothing worn during the attempted robbery, was found in the area, court documents say.
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