Hearing for Two Former Councilmen On Hold
By: Staff
Updated: February 28, 2013
The hearing scheduled for Monday in the case of two former Monroe City Councilmen are on hold.
Lawyers for Arthur Gilmore and Robert Stevens are trying to get a new trial granted for the pair saying an improper relationship between a U.S. Attorney and FBI investigator didn't result in a fair trial.
A status hearing was held in the case today and Federal Judge Donald Walters said Monday's hearing is continued without a new date being set.
Defense lawyers also claim a witness for the FBI may have used his knowledge of the relationship to manipulate the government.
Then in April a judge sentenced Gilmore to 41 months and Stevens to 51 months behind bars. Despite the appeal the two can also move forward with the new trial motion.
Lawyers for Arthur Gilmore and Robert Stevens are trying to get a new trial granted for the pair saying an improper relationship between a U.S. Attorney and FBI investigator didn't result in a fair trial.
A status hearing was held in the case today and Federal Judge Donald Walters said Monday's hearing is continued without a new date being set.
Defense lawyers also claim a witness for the FBI may have used his knowledge of the relationship to manipulate the government.
Currently
both Gilmore and Stevens are also appealing their convictions and
sentences, after a judge upheld their 2011 convictions in March of
2012. Then in April a judge sentenced Gilmore to 41 months and Stevens
to 51 months behind bars. Despite the appeal the two can also move
forward with the new trial motion.
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Currently both Gilmore and Stevens are also appealing their bribery and racketeering convictions and sentences, after a judge upheld their 2011 convictions in March of 2012. - See more at: http://myarklamiss.com/fulltext/?nxd_id=184402#sthash.bagY0qlK.dpuf
Then in April a judge sentenced Gilmore to 41 months and Stevens to 51 months behind bars. Despite the appeal the two can also move forward with the new trial motion.
