After mistrial, new date set in Sac City murder case

FORT DODGE, Iowa | After a mistrial was declared in the John Green murder case Tuesday, a new trial has been scheduled.

District Judge Gary McMinimee set the new trial for March 30 in Webster County District Court in Fort Dodge.

Green, 55, is charged with first-degree murder in Sac County District Court. The trial was moved to Fort Dodge after Green's attorney said pretrial publicity would make it hard for him to receive a fair trial in Sac County.

Green's trial began Monday, and McMinimee ordered a mistrial after defense attorney Charles Kenville objected to the testimony of Sac City Police Chief John Thompson's remarks use of the term "bad people," a phrase Kenville said mischaracterized his client.

Green is charged with the 2009 death of his former roommate, Mark Koster. Green is accused of choking Koster to death in Koster's home. Koster's body was found hidden in the basement in 2012, when the new homeowner was remodeling the basement.

Green was arrested in March in Florida.

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After mistrial, new date set in Sac City murder case