SAVANNAH, Ga.—Ahmaud Arbery’s mental health records can’t be used as trial evidence by the three men who chased and killed the 25-year-old man as he was running in their neighborhood, a Georgia judge ruled Friday.
The decision by Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley further limits defense attorneys’ efforts to portray Arbery as an aggressive young man with a troubled past when the case goes to trial soon, with jury selection scheduled to start Oct. 18.
