Ex-Clinton aide gets trial delayed

— The trial of former Clinton aide Betsey Wright on a charge of trying to smuggle contraband into a prison has been moved from late January to late May because of a scheduling conflict.

Wright was to be tried Jan. 26 in Lincoln County Circuit Court, but Judge Jodi Dennis agreed Tuesday to move the trial to May 25 because of a conflict involving Wright’s lawyer, Jeff Rosenzweig of Little Rock. Rosenzweig said a pretrial hearing is scheduled for March 10 in Pine Bluff.

Wright is accused of trying to smuggle tattoo needles, a box cutter, a knife and tweezers into the Varner Supermax Unit while visiting a death-row inmate in May.

Northwest Arkansas, Pages 11 on 12/31/2009

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