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Lafayette Defendant Wants Trial Delay, Attorney Had Surgery
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — A man scheduled for trial in June in the 2010 beating death of a University of Louisiana at Lafayette student is asking a judge for a delay
Ian Trahan says his attorney, Tommy Guilbeau (GIL'-bo), underwent surgery Tuesday and will need a month to recuperate.
The Advocate reports Trahan is scheduled to go to trial June 23 on charges of second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder in beating death of Kenneth Donnelly Jr. and wounding of Rufus Fells on Oct. 28, 2010.
Trahan also is scheduled for a pretrial hearing May 29, which Guilbeau had requested be delayed as well.
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