Staff Blog
BRIEFING: Maybe more than a month delay!
- Good Lord, the Daily News reports today that Fumo’s trial may be delayed up to a month, because Judge Yohn hasn’t recovered from his sickness yet.
An aide to Yohn said yesterday that it “appears that the case is going to be put off for at least a month,” although he said that an actual date has not yet been set by the judge.
The judge alone determines the dates of courtroom proceedings.
Yohn, 73, checked into a hospital briefly Sunday night to have some tests performed and then returned home, the aide, Tom McCann, said. At that time, the judge requested that the trial resume on Sept. 22.
But McCann said that the judge’s condition has not improved, and that he needs more time for additional tests to find out what is ailing him and to get well.
Lawyers in the case were mum on the latest developments.
- Cue the conspiracy theorists on PhillyBlog!
Stay tuned.
September 17th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
they should appoint another judge, and retire this guy. 73 is too old to be on the bench, there are a lot of other younger political hacks out there who could use the money