judge orlando hudson jr. said prosecutors had two aggravating factors and that craig stephen hicks is ` death penalty qualified .
' hicks is charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the killing of three muslim college students in durham , north carolina , can face a death penalty trial , a judge ruled on monday that superior court judge orlando hudson jr. said prosecutors had two aggravating factors and that craig hicks confessed and was arrested with the murder weapon .
ballistics matched the handgun to shell casings recovered at the apartment and there was gunshot residue on his hands and one of the victim 's blood was on his pants .