On Friday, Judge Charles Simms III, who presided over the 10-day trial in which Houck was convicted in the 2015 murder or Rogers, ordered Houck not to transfer any property until at least after an evidentiary hearing scheduled for Oct. 8.
A final sentencing hearing will be held Aug. 21 in Nelson County.
The defense argues that Joseph Lawson should have been given a directed verdict (or acquittal) by the judge after the prosecution finished its case.
Prosecutor Shane Young asked jurors to sentence Houck to life in prison. Houck would still be eligible for parole in 20 years.
It's rare in Kentucky for murder cases to make it to trial without any of this evidence, attorneys told WDRB News.
In an order Tuesday, Nelson Circuit Court Judge Charles Simms III wrote that "unfortunately," in the high-profile murder trial of Crystal Rogers, he must "impose limitations" on the media and public.
Nelson County Judge Charles Simms III moved the trial from February to late May to give defense attorneys more time to review evidence in the case.
The defense argues Lawson has not yet been shown all of the evidence against him yet, and that just recently more evidence was turned over by the federal government that was only recently discovered by prosecutors.
Nelson County Judge Charles Simms III ruled Tuesday that co-defendant Steve Lawson will be tried separately because he has given hours of "ever evolving," or contradictory, testimony.
In a hearing focused on whether to separate the trials for Brooks Houck, Joseph Lawson and Steve Lawson, prosecutor Shane Young was asked by the judge whether the searches in early September would produce more evidence in the case.
"No, sir, not much," Young told Judge Chares Simms III.
