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Vance Boelter's defense team asks to delay November trial
Defense lawyers say they need more time to review discovery and prepare a constitutionally adequate case before the Nov. 2 trial.
- On Tuesday, Sept. 29, the defense for Vance Boelter filed a motion to delay his Nov. 2 state trial in Minnesota, claiming it is "not feasible to" adequately prepare in just 3 months.
- The Hennepin County Attorney charged Boelter with first-degree murder of former Speaker of the House Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, after he pleaded not guilty on Sept. 2.
- Sen. John Hoffman, Yvette, and Hope said they have "waited long enough," writing, "We want the truth heard in a courtroom. And after everything our family and the Hortman family have endured, we believe Minnesota's victims deserve a justice system that remembers they are part of this process too."
- In a hearing on Wednesday, Sept. 30, the court did not address the delay request but scheduled a separate Monday hearing, where Hennepin County Attorney Krista White expects the motion will be granted.
- Judge Juan Hoyos said he would be inclined to issue a temporary gag order later Wednesday, applying to Boelter, who is serving a life sentence for the June 14, 2025, assassination of the Hortmans.
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Vance Boelter's defense team asks to delay November trial
The request comes after the man convicted in the state lawmaker shootings had originally requested a speedy trial. The Hoffman family says, “We have waited long enough.”
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