Read the ruling in the notorious “text message” murder case

A judge has re­jec­ted a re­quest for a new tri­al for two men con­victed of murder in the no­tori­ous 2009 “text mes­sage” killing in North Hol­ly­wood. Su­per­i­or Court Judge Gregory A. Dohi con­cluded that the re­cant­a­tions of two key wit­nesses were not cred­ible. Here is his rul­ing: