Jesse Matthew appeared via video link in Albemarle County Circuit Court on Wednesday on charges of first degree murder and abduction in the September 2014 disappearance and murder of second-year UVA student Hannah Graham.
Circuit Court Judge Cheryl Higgins set the trial date for June 29 through July 17, 2015. The matter was set for a jury trial at the request of Albemarle County Commonwealth’s Attorney Denise Lunsford.
A grand jury indicted Matthew on the Albemarle County charges on February 2. Matthew is being returned to jail in Fairfax County to await his trial on charges stemming from a 2005 rape case