“That’s my initial reaction.”The hearing was focused on a request by two defendants to separate their cases not only from the larger racketeering trial but also from each other.
At least two defendants in the Georgia racketeering case have their dates set – attorneys Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro – for Oct. 23.
“You’ve got to consider the Georgia speedy trial statute,” says Amy Lee Copeland, former federal prosecutor and criminal defense lawyer in Savannah.
“Chesebro and Powell demanded a speedy trial and, by statute, McAfee has to start the trial or start the jury empanelment.
In 2014, she oversaw a 12-person racketeering case against a group of Atlanta teachers and principals who schemed to cheat on standardized tests, as well as a racketeering case last year against members of a street gang called Young Slime Life, which originally charged 28 people.
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