Bob Bashara to Give Writing Sample Without Attorney Griem Present

One week after attorney David Griem argued , a Third Circuit Court Judge denied the request.

Judge Timothy Kenny denied Griem's request Wednesday during a brief hearing, during which he explained Griem is not legally entitled to be present since Bashara is not under arrest, Kenny's court clerk told Patch Wednesday.

of 27 years, . The couple was well known within the Grosse Pointes and .

in January in Detroit about seven miles from the couple's home on Middlesex Road.

Joe Gentz, a handyman who did work for Bob Bashara on rental properties, He reportedly told police he killed her at the direction of Bob Bashara.

Griem told the Free Press last week the search warrant to gather a handwriting sample as a "shark" in the water in which the Bashara family is treading.

Patch is awaiting a return call from Griem seeking comment about today's decision.

Meanwhile, three months after her death.

The next major date is a hearing in early May for Gentz during which his competency will be determined.