Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
9th Cir: Prejudicial Denial of Continuance Requires Showing of Proposed Testimony
The 9th Circuit has affirmed U. S. District Judge John Sedwick’s denial of former Fairbanks Mayor Jim Hayes’ motion for a continuance until after his alleged co-conspirator wife was sentenced in the companion case. A jury found Hayes guilty.
The 9th Circuit refused oral argument.
The panel wrote:
The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Hayes’s […]