The death penalty case against 24-year-old Pablo Fernando Maldonado is scheduled to be heard in the courtroom of Judge Horace Johnson, Jr beginning Feb. 25.
Maldonado is accused of acting as ringleader in the 2009 murder of Conyers landscaper Timothy Clements. He, along with three others - Christian Caldwell, 19; Brittney Beasley, 20; and Katria McClain, 18 - are accused of kidnapping Clements, robbing him and then killing him, dumping his wrapped body in Snapping Shoals Creek. They reportedly stole his truck and fled to Alabama. According to McClain, who took a plea deal last year, the group planned the murder out the night before.
A request from Maldonado's attorneys - who are also from the Capital Defender's Office - for a change of venue in October was denied.
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