Richard Glossip’s trial postponed as judge rules on motions in Oklahoma County
By Jason Burger
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OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO) — Richard Glossip, who has spent nearly 30 years in jail for the 1997 murder of Barry Van Treese and has consistently maintained his innocence, appeared in an Oklahoma County courtroom Wednesday as a judge ruled on several motions he recently filed.
Glossip’s trial, originally scheduled to begin this week, has been postponed to Dec. 7. Recent court filings detail new findings in the case.
A judge denied Glossip’s motion to prevent the state from changing its position on Justin Sneed, the key witness against him. She also denied a hearing on Sneed’s plea agreement and other inducements, as well as an evidentiary hearing on Glossip’s claim that the state violated a sequestration order.
However, one motion was not denied and will be considered at Glossip’s next hearing. That motion requests the disclosure of exculpatory evidence from Justin Sneed’s public defender file.
In the motion, Glossip points to a memo between a prosecutor and Sneed’s attorney, Gina Walker, which he claims shows coordination in shaping Sneed’s testimony to align with other witnesses. Glossip questions the credibility of Sneed’s original testimony against him.
Glossip also noted that Walker was an endorsed state witness during his second trial and argued that cooperation between prosecutors and Sneed’s legal team continues today.
He claims prosecutors, not Sneed, requested the appointment of the public defender on remand and that Sullivan, the public defender, has attended every state meeting with Sneed.
Sneed’s attorneys argue that he is protected under attorney-client privilege.
In another motion filed last week, Glossip’s attorneys stated they were provided, for the first time, a six-page DNA report dated Dec. 20, 2025, which had been requested on May 30 of that year.
Court documents also revealed that during an evidence viewing, the defense requested high-quality scans of fingerprints lifted from items in Room 102 at the Best Budget Inn and Van Treese’s Buick. The state assured the defense that it would take the scans and provide them after the evidence viewing.
Glossip’s next hearing is scheduled for Nov. 12.
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