Dwight,
I requested a continuance from Jones so that Gov't could turn off their
witnesses. You were copied on the request.
Gannon was non-committal saying he needed to get "authority" from the SJA
to either join or oppose a continuance.
Jones got huffy with Gannon and said defense was just trying to help but
if he wanted the trial to start on 2 Nov and have it then get stayed on Mon or
Tues then the MJ would be happy to oblige.
Bottom line is nothing was decided tonight though Jones thought it a good
idea to continue, and Gannon said a week wouldn't help much and that if it was
going to be continued it should probably be for quite a long time. Based
on Haytham's and my schedules there is no way we can clear enough docket time
before Feb 2011.
We all agreed to reconvene on the phone at 1600 EDT tomorrow (Thurs).
Judge is flying out on Sat and still maintains his ruling isn't his
FINAL ruling until he reads it into the record on Tues. So we're going
to do that. Said he needed time to fine tune it but that he wasn't going
to change the ruling itself.
So this all begs the question from we, the uninformed:
What the hell are we asking for? A Writ of Mandamus telling the MJ
to reconsider his ruling in light of a better reading of Hutchins?
What exactly are we seeking?
S/f,
Neal
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LtCol, USMC (Ret)
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