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A man facing trial for the rape and killing of a Sparks teenager is pleading insanity.
Twenty-nine year old Tamir Hamilton entered his new plea Thursday during a hearing before Washoe District Judge Connie Steinheimer.
The judge also rejected a defense request to exclude a possible death penalty.
Hamilton's is charged with sexually assaulting and killing 16-year-old Holly Jean Quick in her bedroom in 2006.
He was a friend and former roommate of the girl's older sister.
His trial is scheduled to begin March 17.
Hamilton pleaded no contest last summer and was sentenced to life in prison for raping a University of Nevada, Reno student the month before Quick was killed.
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