New date set for billionaire suspect accused of bribing state cabinet member
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U.S. District Judge
Cogburn wrote a "failure to grant such a continuance would deny counsel for defendant the reasonable time necessary for effective preparation, taking into account the exercise of due diligence."
"Further, the ends of justice served by granting such continuance outweigh the best interests of the public and defendant in a speedy trial," he wrote. "Specifically, Defendant and counsel have shown a need for additional time to review discovery and other materials in preparing for trial or other resolution of this matter."
The order was in response to a new timeline proposed by Gray's attorney,
"All parties have conferred and, by this instant Supplemental Motion, are requesting a peremptory setting of the Court's criminal jury term in
The continuance applies to both Gray and Lindberg.
Lindberg, once
An appeals court panel in June overturned his 2020 bribery and fraud convictions over mistakes made by the trial judge in delivering jury instructions. Causey worked with the FBI to record and later testified a Lindberg associate promised a large donation for Causey's campaign in exchange for a request to replace a state insurance official involved in regulating Lindberg's businesses.
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