Attorney: Zimmerman's bond request delayed [View all]

Source: CNN

(CNN) -- Although George Zimmerman's lawyers plan to file a motion asking for a new bond hearing for the murder suspect, the filing has been delayed, defense attorneys said Tuesday.

"Mr. Zimmerman's legal defense team has decided to delay filing a motion for bond," the defense team said Tuesday on its website, GZLegalcase.com. "A hearing will not be scheduled for a couple of weeks, and we will file a motion well in advance of the hearing."

The filing was delayed for several reasons, lead defense attorney Mark O'Mara told CNN, but he did not elaborate.

The 28-year-old Florida man accused in the death of Trayvon Martin had been free on bond for weeks until Sunday afternoon, when he turned himself in to authorities in Seminole County, Florida. The judge had ordered him back after questioning statements made in the first bond hearing.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/05/justice/florida-teen-shooting/index.html

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