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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — A motion to remove the judge from the Markeith Loyd trial has been denied.
The state filed a motion asking that judge Leticia Marques be removed from the case.
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That motion was denied on Wednesday as “legally insufficient.”
Loyd was found guilty earlier this month of murdering Orlando police Lt. Debra Clayton in 2017.
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