George Huguely V, the former University of Virginia lacrosse player convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend, was denied a new trial Wednesday, the Associated Press reported.

Huguely, of Chevy Chase, was convicted of second-degree murder in February for killing 22-year-old Yeardley Love, in May 2010. Love was also a lacrosse player at the Charlottesville school.

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