NATION : Barry Pleads Innocent Again
Mayor Marion Barry, already facing trial on eight counts of cocaine possession and perjury, pleaded innocent today to six new drug and conspiracy counts.
Defense attorney R. Kenneth Mundy entered the pleas in U.S. District Court during a 13-minute hearing before Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson.
Barry said nothing during the hearing but smiled and waved at the crowd.
Barry’s scheduled trial for June 4 will go forward as scheduled but Jackson said he will consider motions requesting a delay.
The latest charges against Barry stemmed from a superseding indictment handed up last Thursday which charged that Barry bought and used cocaine and crack with more than 10 unnamed co-conspirators dating back to 1984. It also alleged that Barry possessed illegal drugs on other occasions.
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