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Harris through his attorney filed two motions. One was to preserve
evidence, which found no objection from the prosecution. Illinois
law allows a defense to observe and document any evidence that could
be destroyed during testing. The other motion was to delay Jason
Harris' trial to February 2010, which again was acceptable to the
prosecution.
Judge Harris asked the defendant if he realized this delay in
trial would start the clock over on his right to a speedy trial and
the defendant said he understood.
The defendant, accompanied into the courtroom by two Logan County
deputies, wore the clothes of a McLean County Jail inmate.
Logan County Sheriff Steve Nichols had previously stated that he
would do what was necessary to keep defendants from coming into
contact with each other, including using the McLean County Jail as
needed.
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Judge Harris asked the defense if they still wished a preliminary
hearing to be held on Dec. 3 at 11 a.m., and Skelton said yes.
The judge also made it clear to both sides that in the future the
court would require a seven-day notice of any further motions in
court.
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