Aaron Hernandez's lawyers say the jury that convicted the former Patriots tight end of first-degree murder last month relied on “improper speculation, conjecture and guesswork."
That statement is included in documents filed in support of an appeal of Hernandez's conviction, The Herald News reported Thursday.
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Hernandez's attorneys say "no rational jury" could have arrived at the verdict, arguing that prosecutors never produced evidence sufficient to find Hernandez guilty of the most serious charges against him.
The motion filed Tuesday is part of the regular appeals process and asks Judge E. Susan Garsh to return not-guilty verdicts against Hernandez in the 2013 killing of Odin Lloyd. Prosecutors have 30 days to respond to the motion.
In the meantime, Hernandez's lawyers will have plenty of other work to keep them busy. A hearing next week likely will produce a trial date for a double-murder case against Hernandez in a separate incident, and Hernandez was indicted Monday on a witness-intimidation charge related to another alleged shooting.
