DETROIT, Minn., May 24 (UPI) -- Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick dismissed his lawyer, a move that will likely delay his sentencing in a corruption case, court documents said.
Thursday Kilpatrick dropped attorney James C. Thomas, who defended Kilpatrick through several scandals over five years, Tthe Detroit News reported Friday.
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Like Thomas, Kilpatrick's new court-appointed attorney, Harold Gurewitz, will be funded by taxpayers to handle pre-sentencing matters and Kilpatrick's bid for an acquittal or new trial. Gurewitz has been a member of Kilpatrick's legal team, the newspaper said.
Kilpatrick was convicted of 24 corruption charges, including racketeering conspiracy, on March 11.
