State says month and a half for their portion...
State says Defense has said 2-3 months. AT estimates 4 weeks for her portion.
Total, 10 weeks.
Now asking for penalty phase estimates.
State estimates a week. AT estimates two weeks for her portion.
Sounds like Judge was wanting to move the trial back to May.
He's concerned about a trial that runs all summer. Might be hard to seat a jury.
Two proposals: start first week of May with trial and start the penalty phase in September.
State prefers May.
AT advocates for September for trial.