Modesto real estate investor Andrew Katakis’ March bid-rigging conviction should be thrown out because prosecutors played dirty tricks, instructions to jurors were convoluted and his own attorney failed to call witnesses who could have helped prove his innocence, Katakis claims in a bid for a new trial.
Katakis’ sentencing, initially scheduled for Monday, has been postponed until Sept. 15 while a judge reviews the new-trial motion, filed this week in federal court in Sacramento.