A state witness can testify at the upcoming hearing for convicted murderer Marni Yang, a Lake County judge ruled, rebuffing a move by Yang’s attorney who sought to bar the expert.

Judge Christopher Stride said the expert can be called at the hearing for Yang, who is seeking to have her conviction overturned for the 2007 shooting death of the pregnant girlfriend of former Chicago Bear Shaun Gayle.

The hearing on Yang’s post-conviction petition is scheduled to take place in January.

Yang’s attorney, Jed Stone, plans to call an expert witness who is expected to testify that evidence shows Yang was not the person who shot Rhoni Reuter in her Deerfield condo. Authorities say that Yang, who had previously seen Gayle, killed Reuter because Yang saw her as a romantic rival.

Yang was sentence

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