Federal prosecutors have postponed a decision on whether to seek a new trial against one-time Lodi terror suspect Hamid Hayat, who was released from prison in August after a judge ruled he did not receive an effective defense in his 2006 trial in Sacramento.
Lawyers on both sides were scheduled to appear at a status conference in federal court in Sacramento on Friday to discuss Hayat’s future, but the government filed documents late Monday seeking a postponement until Nov. 22.
“The government has not decided what to do,” lead defense attorney Dennis Riordan said Tuesday. “They called and said they need more time.
“We did not object to that. We want to give them all the time they need to make the right decision.”