NATION : Barry Drops Request for Retrial
Mayor Marion Barry today withdrew his request for a new trial on a misdemeanor cocaine possession.
“I have spoken with my client, and he has decided to withdraw that motion for a mistrial,” defense lawyer L. Kenneth Mundy told U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson during a pre-sentencing hearing.
Barry, scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 26, faces up to a year in prison and a maximum fine of $100,000. He did not attend today’s court session.
Law enforcement officials had said U.S. Atty. Jay Stephens might consider retrying the mayor on a dozen charges the jury could not resolve if Barry pushed ahead with his request for another trial. Stephens had said earlier that he would not conduct another trial.
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