THE SIDELINES : Court Hearing for Canseco Delayed
A court hearing for Oakland A’s slugger Jose Canseco on gun possession charges was postponed while lawyers sought to work out a settlement in the case.
Canseco was excused from appearing Monday and was represented by Los Angeles lawyer Robert Shapiro as the hearing was delayed until Aug. 18.
Assistant Dist. Atty. Gregg Lowder said he and Canseco’s lawyer have an “agreement in principle” but have yet to finalize it. Shapiro said outside court that Canseco is willing to enter a plea of no contest to a misdemeanor charge.
Canseco was arrested April 21 for having a loaded pistol in his sports car, which was parked at UC San Francisco.
He was charged with felony possession of a weapon on state property and misdemeanor possession of a loaded firearm in a vehicle.
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