ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. — Special Judge Fran Gull has granted a continuance requested by the Delphi murder suspect’s defense team that asked for a Feb. 12 hearing to be pushed back.
The hearing is now scheduled for March 18 at 9 a.m. in Fort Wayne.
Judge Gull is expected to hear two issues during the hearing next month: a filing made by Carroll County Prosecutor Nick McLeland to amend the charges against Delphi murder suspect Richard Allen and a Jan. 29 filing by McLeland seeking to hold Allen’s attorneys in contempt of court .
Allen is currently facing two counts of murder. However, McLeland is seeking to add two additional counts of murder and two counts of kidnapping against Allen.
McLeland also argues that Allen’s attorneys, Bradley Rozzi and Andrew Baldwin, should be held in contempt for evidence leaks traced back to Baldwin’s office and for violations of gag orders.
On Thursday, Rozzi and Baldwin fired back against the contempt claims with the pair arguing that the evidence leak was unintentional and hasn’t harmed the prosecution’s case. McLeland previously reported, however, that his office was tied up for days dealing with the fallout of the evidence leak instead of working on the upcoming trial.