Opinion
CASE NO. 1:07-cr-00037-MP-AK.
January 11, 2008
ORDER
This matter is before the Court on Doc. 16, Motion to Take Deposition for Use at Sentencing Proceeding, filed by Defendant Craig Hall. A telephonic hearing on this motion was held on Friday, January 11, 2008. At the hearing, Defendant stated that he seeks to have a psychiatrist testify at his sentencing, which is currently scheduled for February 7, 2008. Because the psychiatrist will be out of the country during the sentencing hearing, Defendant requests leave to take a videotaped deposition of the witness. So that the witness may present his testimony in open court, the Court finds that a continuance of the hearing would be preferable to a deposition. Both the Defendant and the Government agreed to a continuance of the hearing. Therefore, the sentencing hearing scheduled for February 7, 2008, is continued to a date to be set by separate notice.