Special Judge Frances Gull decided to hold off on deciding a key motion in the Delphi murders trial until Friday morning. On Thursday, Judge Gull told prosecutors she needed additional time to evaluate their request to block the jury from seeing  police sketches used before Richard Allen’s arrest.

Special Judge Frances Gull will not make a decision on a key motion in the Delphi murders trial until proceedings begin Friday morning. Judge Gull told prosecutors Thursday that she needed more time to consider a motion from prosecutors to prohibit the jury from seeing police sketches that investigators used before the

On Thursday, Special Judge Frances Gull also heard numerous arguments in the Allen County Courthouse on a number of motions concerning composite sketches, ballistics evidence, and testimony from prison guards. The hearing marked the final step in the case before trial begins Friday in Carroll County.