A new court filing could signal another delay in former Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s trial.
Mosby was federally indicted over a year ago on charges of perjury and making a false statement on a loan application.
This marks the third time her trial will likely be delayed
Mosby’s new public defender James Wyda says he wouldn’t be prepared for a trial in March and would need until at least June 6th.
Wyda was just appointed to her case last week after her defense team withdrew from the case.
“Anytime you have a new attorney getting involved in a case there’s a certain learning curve associated with it. This is going to be a document-heavy case,” he said.
Attorney Kurt Nachtman who’s familiar with the case says there’s a lot of paperwork for a new attorney to get up to speed on, but factually the case isn’t complicated.
“I don’t think the public wants any additional delays. I’m sure the court does not want any additional delays in this case,” he said.
Nachtman says the judge will likely push for the case to be tried by summer, but when asked if he thinks we’ll see a trial by the end of the year he wasn’t so sure.
“You know if I were a betting man I don’t know if I could put any money on this one,” he said.
There’s always a chance Mosby could take a plea and Nachtman says it could be more likely now that a new attorney is involved.
“It’s entirely possible. I have thought perhaps her attorney wanted to duck out of the case, because he knew it was a losing battle and he didn’t want to be the one to take the hit on any kind of plea or plea agreement,” he said. “It’s also an opportunity when you have a fresh set of eyes on a case to have that conversation again to revisit what it is that’s going to go on with a particular case.”
If it does go to trial as planned he only sees one outcome.
“These are document-heavy cases and they’re really tough to defend, so I would be shocked if there was any verdict other than a guilty on one or all of the counts,” he said.
Mosby’s attorney is now asking for a scheduling conference to determine the actual trial date.