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Hearing On Bonds Case Postponed To Feb. 29

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Feb 5, 2008 4:09 pm US/Pacific

Hearing On Bonds Case Postponed To Feb. 29

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) ― Lawyers for former San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds asked a federal judge in San Francisco on Tuesday to postpone a status conference in the case from Feb. 8 to Feb. 29.

Bonds' six lawyers filed a notice with U.S. District Judge Susan Illston saying that they and prosecutors had agreed to delay the conference until Feb. 29, when a hearing had already been scheduled on Bonds' motion for dismissal of all or part of a five-count indictment.

The notice says both sides agree that Bonds does not need to be present at the Feb. 29 hearing. The defense attorneys also say Bonds is willing to give up his right to a speedy trial while awaiting the hearing.

Bonds, 43, who holds the Major League Baseball career home run record, was indicted Nov. 15 on four counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice for allegedly lying to a grand jury during a sports steroids probe in 2003.

He is accused of lying when he told the panel he never knowingly received steroids or human growth hormone from his trainer, Greg Anderson.

A trial date has not yet been set.

In the motion to be heard Feb. 29, Bonds' lawyers contend the indictment has a "scattershot" approach and that the charges are vague, confusing and unclear as to which of several statements cited in each count are allegedly false.

The motion asks Illston either to dismiss the charges or to order prosecutors to narrow them down.

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