The motion accused law enforcement officers of entering Ibarra’s apartment without a proper warrant the day after Riley was killed. The motion claims that other search warrants issued in March weren’t based on probable cause and were “fruit of the poisonous tree.”

Jose Ibarra, the man accused of murdering Augusta University nursing student Laken Riley, is seeking to have key evidence in his trial excluded.

Jose Ibarra, the man charged with killing nursing student Laken Riley at the University of Georgia in February, is seeking to suppress evidence. Ibarra argues he was unlawfully detained when officers searched his apartment without a warrant.