––––––––––––––––––––
Subscribe to the Legal News!
https://test.legalnews.com/Home/Subscription
Full access to public notices, articles, columns, archives, statistics, calendar and more
Day Pass Only $4.95!
One-County $80/year
Three-County & Full Pass also available
- Posted February 08, 2010
- Tweet This | Share on Facebook
Christmas bomb suspect won't be in court soon
DETROIT (AP) -- The Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up a Detroit-bound plane is in no hurry to return to court.
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is waiving his right to go to trial within 70 days of first appearing in court on the indictment Jan. 8.
In a court filing last Thursday, lawyers on both sides say they want more time to share and review evidence in the case. Abdulmutallab agreed and signed the document last Tuesday.
The next hearing is April 13 in federal court in Detroit. Alan Gershel, a former federal prosecutor who teaches at Cooley Law School, says such delays are common. He says it could provide time for a plea deal.
Abdulmutallab is charged with attempting to blow up Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on Christmas.
Published: Mon, Feb 8, 2010
headlines Oakland County
- Whitmer signs gun violence prevention legislation
- Department of Attorney General conducts statewide warrant sweep, arrests 9
- Adoptive families across Michigan recognized during Adoption Day and Month
- Reproductive Health Act signed into law
- Case study: Documentary highlights history of courts in the Eastern District
headlines National
- Judge is accused of using racial slur, vulgar terms and ‘libtard’ label for employee offended by his comments
- ACLU and BigLaw firm use ‘Orange is the New Black’ in hashtag effort to promote NY jail reform
- Colorado Supreme Court considers whether habeas petition can free zoo elephants
- 4th Circuit upholds $1M sanction for law firm that tried to ‘sabotage’ federal court’s authority
- Don’t give money to law schools unless they teach originalism, conservative federal appeals judge says
- Average BigLaw partner compensation increased 26% in 2 years, reaching this high-water mark