By Walter F. Roche Jr.
A federal judge has given swift approval to a request by a former pharmacist to have a different lawyer represent him in upcoming hearings where his eight year prison sentence could be increased.
U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns approved the request from Glenn Chin today.
Chin, who was convicted of rackeering, conspiracy and mail fraud charges had written to Stearns asking that James L. Sultan represent him in the upcoming proceedings rather than Stephen Weymouth, who represented Chin during his 2017 trial.
The upcoming hearings were ordered by a three judge panel from the First Circuit Court of Appeals which found that errors by Stearns during the trial necessitated a remand to determine if Chin and co-defendant Barry J. Cadden should have additional penalties imposed.
Cadden and Chin were connected to the New England Compounding Center, the company blamed for a deadly 2012 outbreak of fungal meningitis.
Cadden, who was president and part owner of NECC, is serving a nine year sentence following his conviction on similar charges.
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