A distraught Laura Hall was dragged from a Travis County district courtroom Monday morning after a judge ordered she be taken into custody until her resentencing trial next month.

Hall was in court for charges connected to the 2005 murder of Jennifer Cave in West Campus. In the case’s original trial in 2007, she was sentenced to five years for tampering with evidence and helping convicted murderer Colton Pitonyak cover up the crime. Pitonyak was sentenced to 55 years.

Hall was released on bond in February of 2009. An appeals court later ruled that prosecutors withheld evidence and the court gave Hall a resentencing hearing.

It was at that hearing Monday morning that Judge Wilford Flowers of Travis County sentenced Hall to be taken back into custody to await a second trial with no bond.

Upon hearing her sentence, Hall became hysterical and grabbed her lawyer, Joe James Sawyer by the arm, begging him to help her. She had to be removed from the courtroom by force.

“Get me out of this,” Hall screamed. “I’m not guilty… let me go home.”

Flowers guaranteed the case a speedy trial and both parties agreed to a court date in early March.

Hall’s father, Loren, was visibly emotional after the hearing. He insisted on his daughter’s innocence.

“It is time to put an end to this madness,” he said. “There is always hope with prayer.”

Loren told the media that Cave’s mother and stepfather were gloating upon hearing the judge’s verdict.

“There is not gloating. My daughter is dead.” Jennifer Cave’s mother, Sharon Sedwick, said.

Sharon and her husband, who discovered Cave’s mutilated body, were “a little emotionally exhausted,” but were happy with the judge’s decision.

“We continue to be pleased with Judge Flowers,” Sharon Sedwick said.

Both Sharon and Jim Sedwick will be witnesses in the upcoming trial.