By Walter F. Roche Jr.
A Michigan judge has set a series of key dates in the trial of two rogue pharmacists who are facing 13 counts of second degree murder.
Livingston County Circuit Court Judge Michael Hatty issued orders setting the dates for a settlement conference and a hearing by one of the defendants for a so-called bill of particulars, a detailed listing of the evidence and likely witnesses on the specfic charges.
The hearing on a bill of particulars was set for Nov. 10 at 8:30 a.m. The settlement conference is set for Oct. 21 at 1:30 p.m. To this point none of the parties have given any indication of a willingness or desire to settle.
Hatty also set dates for future status conferences - Nov. 10, Nov.17 or Nov. 22- with the caveat that they could be changed if there are scheduling issues.
The orders follow two sessions last week as progress in the longstanding case appears to be speeding up.
Hatty, as a result of last week's session, denied a motion by prosecutors from the state Attorney General's office, for a single trial for both defendants.
The two were charged with second degree murder following state and federal probes of the 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak which took the lives of more than 100 people, including 13 in Livingson County.
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