COLUMBUS, Ohio — The start of former Franklin County sheriff's deputy Jason Meade’s new murder trial in the death of Casey Goodson Jr. has been delayed.

The trial was scheduled to begin on Jan. 8, but has now been pushed back several weeks. Jurors will report on Jan. 22 and the trial will begin on Jan. 26.

Meade is charged with one count each of murder and reckless homicide in the 2020 death of Goodson Jr. A judge declared a mistrial in Meade’s February 2024 trial after the jury could not come to a decision.

During a Monday hearing, Judge David Young reviewed testimony from a biomechanics expert — one of the same experts who testified in the trial of Connor Grubb.

Attorneys discussed the expert’s limitations, including that he cannot testify about the order in which shots were fired,

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