PORTLAND, Ore. — A federal judge has canceled the sentencing date of a Somali-American man convicted of plotting to bomb a 2010 Christmas tree-lighting ceremony in Portland’s town square.
The Oregonian reported that U.S. District Judge Garr King canceled the date after the government’s admission last week that warrantless overseas wiretaps helped make its case against Mohamed Mohamud.
The court expects new motions to be filed based on the government’s notification, according to a notation in the court docket. “If sentencing remains appropriate, the court will reset the sentencing hearing after it rules on the anticipated motions,” the notation says.
Mohamud’s attorneys and federal prosecutors met in the judge’s chambers Tuesday.
Source: AP
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