By Walter F. Roche Jr.
With appeals to the Michigan Supreme Court pending a Livingston Circuit Court Judge has agreed to delay moving ahead towards a trial in the cases of two former pharmacists charged with second degree murder.
Judge Michael Hatty agreed to the delay today in the cases of Glenn Chin and Barry Cadden following a brief session in the county courthouse.
The two were charged with 11 counts of second degree murder for their roles in the deadly 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak. The 11 victims died after being injected with fungus infested steroids produced at the Massachusetts company where both worked.
Hatty agreed to the delay following the disclosure that attorneys for the two defendants are appealing a decision of his to the state Supreme Court.
The appeals are questioning Hatty's decision that there was sufficient evidence to send the case to trial. A ruling by Judge Shauna Murphy made the initial finding that there was sufficient evidence to bind the two over to face the murder charges.
Hatty did set a date for another status conference on Sept. 24 at 10 a.m.
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