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Fort Hood Press Center
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: June 8, 2012 1:46:00 PM CDT

Military judge delays pre-trial motions in Major Hasan case

FORT HOOD, Texas (June 8, 2012) -- In the case of U.S. vs. Maj. Nidal Hasan, the trial judge, Col. Gregory Gross, delayed pre-trial motions in the Lawrence J. Williams Judicial Center here.

The military judge stated on the record that the accused appeared in court with a beard in violation of Army Regulation 670-1 and Rules for Court-Martial 804(e)(1), specifically paragraph 1-8(c).  The military judge stated that the appearance of the accused was a disruption to the court proceedings.  As a result, the military judge delayed pre-trial motions until the near future, when either a closed circuit feed can be set up for the accused to watch the hearings from outside the court room or the accused complies with court order to appear with proper military grooming standards.

Defense indicated their intent to file a request for exception to policy for religious accommodation to a higher command.

The motions scheduled for today, to include a new request for a further continuance, resolution of discovery matters and whether the accused should receive at government expense the expert services of a neurologist were delayed until the next Article 39a hearing.

 The accused is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.

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