Decision on Jetton trial date postponed
Wednesday, May 12, 2010 | 9:11 a.m. CDT;
updated 9:53 a.m. CDT, Wednesday, May 12, 2010
BY
The Associated Press
NEW MADRID — A decision on a trial date for former Missouri House Speaker Rod Jetton has been delayed.
Jetton
is facing a charge of second-degree assault. He is accused of punching
and choking a woman at her home in Sikeston in November. The case was
moved to New Madrid on a change of venue.
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The Southeast
Missourian reported that Jetton's attorney and Scott County prosecutor
Paul Boyd on Tuesday appeared before a judge who agreed to continue the
case until June 8. It is not certain if a trial date will be set at
that time.
Jetton is a Republican who served as speaker of the Missouri House form 2005 to 2009. He served in the House from 2001 to 2009, representing most of Bollinger and Wayne counties.
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