AKRON, Ohio -- A judge Thursday shot down a request for a mistrial in the case of Randy Resh.

Resh is being tried a second time for a 1988 murder of a Randolph Township woman. He spent 16 years in prison before the Ohio Supreme Court threw out his conviction.

Prosecutors wanted a mistrial because the state never received some tapes the defense team had -- tapes prosecutors believe will help their case.

Resh is one of two men getting a new trial in the kidnapping and murder of Connie Nardi nearly 20 years ago.

Resh's defense team has tape recordings of phone calls from prison between star witness Troy Busta and his mother in which she implied he would get favorable treatment if he testified against Randy Resh.

The defense argued it never intended to actually play the tapes in court, but prosecutors said they didn't buy that.

After some heated exchanges, the judge did not grant the mistrial, but is instead giving the state the Easter weekend to copy and listen to the phone conversations.

The trial is scheduled to resume Monday morning.