BELTON, Texas — A pre-trial hearing for double murder suspect Cedric Marks centered around whether the prosecution could keep witness names and numbers, among other things, redacted from thousands of pages of evidence.
Marks' defense said they needed full access to everything in the documents.
The judge did not make a ruling Tuesday. He told the two sides to try to come up with a solution on their own. If they could not, he said he would make a ruling based on the arguments.
The defense also asked that Marks be allowed to wear street clothes when he appears in court. They said the jail attire makes him look guilty. The prosecution agreed to that request.
The question of whether future hearings could be live streamed was not discussed, as was originally reported in this article.
Marks is charged with capital murder for the deaths of ex-girlfriend Jenna Scott and her friend Michael Swearingin of Temple on January 3, 2019. Police said with the help of Maya Maxwell he buried their bodies in Clearview, Oklahoma.
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Marks and Maxwell were caught in Michigan and extradited to Texas later that month. Marks was brought back by a prisoner transport company that had a contract with the Bell County Sheriff's Department.
Marks escaped when the van stopped in Conroe Feb. 3. Authorities found him nine hours later hiding in a garbage can.
Marks is in the Bell County jail with bonds totaling more than $2 million. Maxwell was also charged with capital murder. Her bond amount is $750,000.