Prosecutors want trial date in Stanford case

Oct. 14, 2009
Prosecutors want a Houston federal judge to set a trial date for Texas financier R. Allen Stanford, who's jailed for allegedly bilking investors out of $7 billion. But Stanford's recently appointed defense attorneys want U.S. District Judge David Hittner to...
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