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Robert Bashara and his new attorney Mark Kriger during his arraignment on ... (Clarence Tabb, Jr./The Detroit New)
... Bashara entered the courtroom of Chief Judge Timothy M. Kenny with a notepad tucked under his arm and shook hands with his lawyer, Mark Kriger, who waived a formal reading of the charges.
Kenny, who was filling in for Circuit Judge Bruce Morrow, entered a not-guilty plea on Bashara's behalf. Morrow was absent Tuesday.
Kenny set a calendar conference for Aug. 17 for scheduling and motions. Morrow will preside over that hearing, he said.
The brief arraignment Tuesday came after Morrow postponed the hearing last week at the request of Bashara's former attorneys, David Griem and Christina Utley, because Kriger was tied up with an unrelated federal trial.
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Kriger, who declined to answer additional questions from the media, told The Detroit News outside the courthouse that he makes his arguments in the courtroom under the rules of evidence.
"It doesn't serve the system to speak about a case in the press," he said. "The proper forum is in the courtroom."
Gentz, who is developmentally disabled, has twice been deemed competent to stand trial. His attorney, Susan Reed, has said the mental findings have cleared the way for plea negotiations in his case. A preliminary examination is set for Monday.
When asked Tuesday about a potential plea, Reed said, "there's nothing I can tell you about that right now."
Griem told reporters last week that Bashara will likely be charged in his wife's murder and plans to testify at both trials.
"He's always had the desire to have his story heard," Griem told reporters last Tuesday. "It's his intent to take the witness stand and tell his story."
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Griem has said Kriger may file a motion to have the examination remanded to district court.
Kriger Tuesday declined to say whether he's planning to file a motion to have the case sent back or if he had any knowledge of additional charges coming for Bashara....
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From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120807/METRO01/208070363#ixzz22tKEyP1M