Hernandez's lawyer eyeing murder conviction appeal: 'Aaron's not a killer'

After helping his client, Aaron Hernandez, to not guilty verdicts in a double murder trial which ended Friday, lawyer Jose Baez told TMZ he'll now begin the process of assessing an appeal for the 2015 conviction for the murder of semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd, for which Hernandez is currently serving a life sentence without parole.

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"There's no finality in the other case yet," Baez said after Friday's verdict, according to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk. "He still has many appeals, which we're going to start taking a look at. In that case, I always felt that that was a winnable case. Unfortunately, Aaron didn't call me then. He went with his agent's recommendation, and here we are today. But I always thought the first was case was a winnable case.

"Aaron's not a killer. What's interesting is that he hung around a lot of bad people, and if he's guilty of anything it's guilty of not forgetting where he came from, and hanging around the wrong group of people."

Baez believes "there's a strong likelihood" the former New England Patriots tight end will be granted a retrial, though the lawyer says it will require "friends and supporters" to come forward to help with his fee, as Hernandez has "very little" money left.

"I think that if we look back at some of the things that are available to appeal in that case," Baez said, "I think there's a strong likelihood that he'll get a new trial in the Odin Lloyd case. "And if (Hernandez) hires me for the second trial, we're gonna go all at it. Nothing would make me happier than to prove everybody wrong."