Richmond Circuit Court Judge W. Reilly Marchant denied an effort to retry convicted Huguenot High School graduation shooter Amari Pollard on Friday.

Pollard pleaded guilty in February to first-degree murder for the June 6 shooting death of Shawn Jackson outside the Altria Theater in Richmond. His attorney, Jason Anthony, filed a motion in April to withdraw the guilty plea on the grounds that his legal counsel had been “ineffective” and “failed to accurately inform (Pollard) of his legal options.”

Read the full story in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.