A New Orleans lawyer convicted in a staged wrecks scheme now has a new sentencing date.
Jason Giles is set to be sentenced for his role in the wide-ranging scheme on December 3 at 9 a.m.
He was convicted on one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, two counts of mail fraud, five counts of obstruction of justice and six counts of witness tampering.
This comes as Giles is seeking a new trial and is alleging that prosecutors withheld evidence and obstructed his defense.
Giles’ attorney stated that the request for a new trial is based on “the government’s flagrant violation of its constitutional obligations.”
The filing also claims that prosecutors “engaged in a pattern of active obstruction” by presenting testimony they knew was contradicted by evidence in its own files, blocking the defense from introducing relevant impeaching evidence at trial, and “willfully suppressing” the very documents that would have exposed its case as a “sham.”
Giles was set for a hearing Tuesday on his new trial request; however, that hearing has been rescheduled without a date at this time.
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