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Monroe councilmen seek later date for trial
Posted: Mar 29, 2012 9:45 AM by Cecilia Stevenson
MONROE, La. (AP) - Attorneys for Monroe City Councilmen Robert Stevens and Arthur Gilmore are asking a judge to push back their trial date so they can have more time to prepare.
Stevens and Gilmore, convicted in May of racketeering and bribery, are awaiting a ruling by U.S. District Judge Robert James on whether they will still have a new trial, which is scheduled April 16.
The News-Star reports the defense filed a motion Wednesday to continue the trial, which was followed on the same day by a response in opposition from the government.
In September, James granted the defense's motion for a new trial because the court was never made aware Eddie Hakim, the government's star witness, was facing an IRS investigation.
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