Katakis bid for retrial in real-estate bid-rigging case won't delay sentencing of cooperating witnesses, judge says

By Joshua Sisco ( June 20, 2016, 22:19 GMT | Insight) -- A federal judge is requiring that cooperating witnesses respond to narrowed subpoenas issued as part of the bid for new trial by a real estate investor convicted of bid-rigging at public auctions of foreclosed homes in California’s Central Valley. However, at a hearing in federal court in Sacramento, California, US District Judge William Shubb also said that any bid for a new trial by Andrew Katakis will not delay the sentencing of some dozen individuals who have pleaded guilty.A federal judge is requiring that cooperating witnesses respond to narrowed subpoenas issued as part of the bid for new trial by a real estate investor convicted of bid-rigging at public auctions of foreclosed homes in California’s Central Valley....

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Katakis bid for retrial in real-estate bid-rigging case won't delay sentencing of cooperating witnesses, judge says

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