Jodi Arias trial resumes after delay Thursday

Posted: 01/31/2013

PHOENIX - The Jodi Arias trial in Phoenix resumed Thursday afternoon after everyone was reportedly asked to leave the courtroom.

The judge asked everyone to leave around 2 p.m. after the attorneys returned from her chambers.

The trial resumed around 3:50 p.m.

Maricopa County Superior Court spokesman Vincent Funari said it was due to a discussion over new evidence in the case.

The Arias trial is for the 2008 murder of her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander in Mesa.

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