Former Rep. William Jefferson seeks another delay in corruption trial

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Source: Times Picayune, New Orleans

WASHINGTON - Former Democratic U.S. Rep. William Jefferson's attorney filed a motion today with the U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., asking the judge in his corruption case to set a trial date that will give the Supreme Court time to decide whether to hear Jefferson's appeal.

Judge T.S. Ellis III, the trial judge in the case, is free to set a trial date at a Jan. 15 status hearing in Alexandria. If he were to accept the motion by Jefferson attorney Robert Trout, the trial would not likely begin until June at the earliest.

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If the Supreme Court decides at that time that it wishes to hear the case, we respectfully submit that it would be appropriate for this Court to postpone the trial; if the Supreme Court declines to hear the case, the trial can proceed,'' Trout writes in the motion

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