Attorneys for suspended St. Johns County Commissioner Tom Manuel have asked for a continuance in his bribery trial, citing numerous problems with material provided by the prosecution.
The motion, filed Monday by Jacksonville attorneys William J. Sheppard and D. Gray Thomas, asks that the April 6 opening be delayed, preferably until July.
Sheppard and Thomas noted in the motion that the prosecutor doesn't object to another continuance because she has another trial set to begin April 13.
Manuel, 63, was indicted Oct. 16 on two counts of bribery following an 18-month investigation by the FBI.
The federal indictment charges him with soliciting and accepting bribes of $10,000 in April and $50,000 in June.
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