A jury trial for former broker Anthony Duwayne Turner, who is charged with murdering his ex-girlfriend and colleague, Bank of America executive Michelle Avan, in 2021 is scheduled to start Sept. 9.
A California Superior Court judge overseeing a pretrial conference Thursday in Los Angeles County ordered the trial set for that date and denied prosecutors' request for no bail, while imposing stringent conditions on Turner's bond release, according to a court document.
The judge also set a pretrial conference for Aug. 8 to consider motions on the evidence to be presented at trial.
Turner has pleaded not guilty to murder, forcible rape and first-degree residential burglary in Avan's Aug. 3, 2021, slaying, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office told ThinkAdvisor earlier this year.
The former Merrill Lynch broker was arrested two days after Avan was killed, according to court records (case number XNWLA095328-01), and shortly thereafter released on $2 million bail.