A coalition of media outlets are seeking to unseal pretrial motions in the case of a former Albuquerque police officer accused of killing his wife.
A hearing on the coalition's request to unseal the motions is scheduled Wednesday in Sandoval District Court.
Petitioners include the Albuquerque Journal, The Associated Press, Valencia County News-Bulletin, and televisions stations KOAT, KOB and KRQE.
State District Judge George Eichwald last month granted a request from Levi Chavez's attorney, David Serna, to seal records related to whether certain evidence should be admitted at the upcoming June trial.
Chavez is accused of killing 26-year-old Tera Chavez with his department-issued handgun in their Los Lunas home, and of trying to make her death look like a suicide.
He is charged with first-degree murder and evidence tampering.