Nov. 10, 2026 7p
(WGTD)---A Racine man who was convicted for having a role in a 2005 triple homicide was back in a Racine courtroom Tuesday, making a second attempt at getting a new trial.
Demetrus Ozier, 45, is the father of Koreem Ozier, the 27 year-old former Case High School basketball standout who was fatally shot in a road rage type of incident earlier this year.
The elder Ozier was convicted in 2014 of two counts of being party to the crime of 1st Degree Intentional Homicide and four counts of party to the crime of Attempted 1st Degree Intentional Homicide in a dispute that purportedly began over a rigged dice game. Ozier is serving life sentences.
Ozier initially tried to get a new trial on grounds that his attorney should've made a self-defense argument on his behalf. But Judge Tim Boyle ruled that such a defense wouldn't have been logical since Ozier denied being at the scene of the crime in the first place.
After the denial, Ozier's attorney hired an investigator who uncovered some inconsistencies in his trial, including a juror who failed to fully disclose her connections to the subjects involved in the crime.
An evidentiary hearing held Tuesday in Boyle's courtroom drew several dozen onlookers.
A status hearing was scheduled for Nov. 25th.
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