By Walter F. Roche Jr.
A key hearing in the case of a former pharmacists charged with second degree murder is scheduled for Thursday in a Michigan court room.
The 8:30 a.m. hearing will be held before Livingston County Circuit Court Judge Michael P. Hatty.
Barry J. Cadden has been charged with 11 counts of second degree murder for his role in the 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak which took a particularly heavy toll in Livingston County.
Lawyers for Cadden will be arguing for a change in venue, contending that it will be impossible to find a panel of jurors who were not personally impacted by the outbreak.
Cadden was the president and part owner of the New England Compounding Center.
NECC shipped thousands of vials of contaminated methylprednisolone to health facilities across the country.
Cadden already has been convicted of racketeering, conspiracy and mail fraud charges in federal court, but a jury declined to convict him of racketeering second degree murder.
The change of venue is only one of several motions filed in behalf of Cadden and co-defendant Glenn Chin. Other motions raise issues of double jeopardy and a challenge to the decision of a district court judge sending the case to the circuit court.
Here is the livestream link for the Thursday hearing:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3oBtCVpxXoTZplfTP1zWmg
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