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Amendola said this week that he wasn't sure if Cleland or the jurist who supervised the investigative grand jury, Judge Barry Feudale, would decide whether to release the transcripts. "A determination of the motion for the production of copies of transcripts of testimony of individuals who appeared before the grand jury may be delayed, depending upon whether Judge Cleland or Judge Feudale decides that issue," Amendola said. Cleland said prosecutors did not have to file a written answer to Amendola's detailed motion seeking other records. The judge's order scheduled the motion for "argument and/or hearing" on Friday but asked the sides to "narrow the issues in dispute and reach agreement, if possible." Zemlock said additional pretrial motions might still be filed on a range of possible topics, including any alibi defense, a claim that so much time has passed that the statute of limitations requires dismissal, or efforts to prevent one side or the other from presenting certain evidence. Judges have leeway when it comes to setting a timeline for those types of motions, Zemlock said. Pennsylvania's speedy trial rules give the state a year from the filing of the complaint to bring a defendant to trial, unless he or she is in jail, then the limit is six months. Sandusky was arrested on two sets of charges, filed against him in November and December. Zemlock said trial in late summer or early fall would be a good guess, but that may depend on Centre County's court timetable and Cleland's schedule. The scandal led the Penn State trustees to push out university president Graham Spanier and football coach Joe Paterno, who died last month. Two Penn State administrators are awaiting trial on charges they lied to a grand jury investigating Sandusky and failed to properly report suspected child abuse. Gary Schultz, a former vice president, and Tim Curley, the athletic director, have both denied the allegations.
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