BALTIMORE — A federal judge approved Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s request to postpone her criminal trial, setting a new date in September.
After a teleconference with Mosby’s defense lawyers and federal prosecutors Tuesday morning, U.S. District Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby scheduled the trial for Sept. 19. It’s unclear how many days Griggsby set aside for the trial, but prosecutors said in a February status report they anticipated trying the case in four days.
Mosby has maintained she is innocent of the perjury and false statement charges outlined in the Jan. 13 grand jury indictment. From the outset, the two-term state’s attorney publicly demanded a speedy trial, saying she didn’t want the case to interfere with a her bid for reelection, beginning with the Democratic primary over the summer.
