By Associated Press
Montgomery, AL – Attorneys for former Secretary of State Nancy Worley have asked a judge to delay her criminal trial, which is scheduled to start next Monday.
Montgomery County Circuit Judge Truman Hobbs Junior has scheduled a status conference Wednesday, where he could decide whether to go forward with the trial accusing Alabama's former chief elections officer of violating election laws.
In court papers, Worley's attorneys seek the delay because she recently changed lawyers and because they say the attorney general hasn't turned over all the statements from people who were interviewed in the investigation.
Anderson said Tuesday some of the evidence that the attorney general's office turned over to the defense team is on C-Ds that won't open properly, and there were no statements turned over from some of the secretary of state's employees mentioned in the indictment.
In response, Assistant Attorney General Ben Mark Baxley said the state has turned over everything, and the trial shouldn't be delayed.
In an interview Monday, Worley said her attorneys want the delay, but she is ready to get the trial concluded.
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