Retrials Scheduled For Three Former Enron Broadband Executives

US District Judge Vanessa Gilmore on Monday scheduled retrials for former Enron Broadband Services executives Joseph Hirko, Rex Shelby and Scott Yeager. Hirko and Shelby will be retried on November 3, 2008, while Yeager’s retrial is set for January 12, 2009. In March, a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit ruled that Gilmore was correct in refusing to dismiss most of the remaining charges against Hirko and Shelby and all the remaining charges against Yeager (earlier) after jurors were hung on many counts; the three were acquitted on some counts. Attorneys for all three defendants indicated on Monday that they will appeal the Fifth Circuit ruling to the US Supreme Court and will ask Gilmore to delay the retrials if a hearing is granted (Houston Chronicle).