An attorney for Eric Kay, the former Angels employee charged in connection with the overdose death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs, filed a motion Friday to postpone the trial because of the time needed to review the large amount of evidence turned over by the government.
The trial had been scheduled to start April 19 in U.S. District Court in Fort Worth, Texas. The motion, unopposed by the prosecution, requested proceedings be delayed until at least Aug. 2.
“Denial of the requested continuance will almost assuredly result in a miscarriage of justice because [we] … are unable to fully review and analyze the discovery produced by the government and also conduct necessary independent investigation into matters raised in the discovery under the current schedule,” William Reagan Wynn, the Texas-based attorney for Kay, wrote in the motion.