Jesse Matthew defense team asks for gag order on prosecution

December 13, 2014
Mariah Timms
News Writer
Virginia

Jesse Leroy Matthew, Jr., the man accused of abducting University of Virginia student Hannah Graham also faces charges in a Fairfax attempted murder. His defense has asked for a gag order, disallowing the prosecution from speaking with the media about the case. Additionally, the defense is asking for $2,000 to hire their own DNA expert for analysis of the evidence in the case. The request paperwork states that the defense received a certificate of the original analysis not from the commonwealth, but from the Washington Post. The request for the protective order will be granted a hearing January 8.