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FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- A state judge on Wednesday lifted the stay on a ruling that Michael Skakel was deserving of a retrial in the 1975 murder of a Greenwich teenager, according to The Hartford Courant.
A judge had ruled in favor of a new trial for the Kennedy cousin on Thursday, Oct. 24, citing the shortcomings of Skakel's original trial lawyer, Michael Sherman, in the 2002 trial where he was found guilty.
Skakel was convicted of killing his neighbor, Martha Moxley, with a golf club in 1975 in Greenwich.
The state has 10 days to appeal the decision by Judge Thomas Bishop. If the state does not appeal, Skakel would no longer be a convicted murderer. Instead, he would be a charged defendant who is eligible for bail, according to The Courant.
Skakel's attorney expects the state to appeal the decision, The Courant said.
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