MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Motions have been granted for three former Memphis Police Department officers to receive a new trial in the case involving the death of Tyre Nichols over communications between the former judge over the case surrounding MPD.

Tadarrius Bean, Justin Smith and Demetrius Haley will receive a new trial following the recusal of federal judge Mark S. Norris.

"Defendants assert that new trials are warranted based on alleged post-trial ex parte communications that District Judge Mark S. Norris had with members of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Tennessee (the “U.S. Attorney”) and the FBI’s Memphis office," the order reads. "They cite to numerous rulings made by Judge Norris, who presided over the case from its inception through the trial, as eviden

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