A US court has heard that an American woman accused of killing her Co Limerick husband has been receiving death threats.
Molly Martens Corbett, 32, and her father Thomas Martens, 65, are charged with killing Jason Corbett last August at the North Carolina home the couple shared.
Ms Martens Corbett and Mr Martens have both pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree murder and voluntary manslaughter.
Both are currently on bail.
Mr Martens, a retired FBI agent, called 911 on the morning of 2 August 2015 to report he had been in an argument with his son-in-law Mr Corbett and struck him with a baseball bat.
Police arrived to find Mr Corbett dead in a bedroom. A post mortem indicated the 39-year-old father of two had died from blunt trauma from the bat and landscaping stone.
Walter Holton Jnr, representing Ms Martens Corbett, told the Davidson County Superior Court that he was concerned because the young woman had been subject to harassment and death threats.
Judge Kevin Bridges said anyone associated with the case should refrain from taking part in any harassment of the accused.
Ms Martens Corbett's second lawyer, Cheryl Andrews, also raised concerns about how the evidence was being handled by the local police force investigating the case.
Ms Andrews said she was concerned about the timing of when some of the documents were being turned over by the Sheriff's Office as discovery.
Assistant District Attorney Alan Martin said investigators were still preparing the narratives for the case.
Judge Bridges asked the DA's office to direct the sheriff's office to provide all relevant materials in the investigation to the defence teams.
Davidson County DA Garry Frank said his office had turned over reports as it had received them.
Mr Holton said he would be filing a motion for a change of venue to a different county in North Carolina to ensure a fair hearing of the case.
The case will return before the court at the end of May for a further administrative hearing. A trial date has not yet been set.
