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Prosecutors To Retry Wecht On All 41 Counts

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Apr 11, 2008 3:05 pm US/Eastern

Prosecutors To Retry Wecht On All 41 Counts

PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) ― Federal prosecutors have now told a judge they intend to retry former Allegheny County Coroner Dr. Cyril Wecht on all 41 theft and fraud counts that resulted in a mistrial earlier this week.

On Tuesday, the judge declared the mistrial after the jury deadlocked. A second trial has been scheduled to begin May 27.

Wecht is charged with wire fraud, mail fraud and theft for allegedly using his former Allegheny County coroner's staff to benefit his private practice.

Wecht's attorney Jerry McDevitt says he thought federal prosecutors should have re-evaluated their "hasty decision" to retry Wecht considering the jury's problems in the first trial and public opinion, which he says favors Wecht.

Wecht was originally charged with 84 counts, but prosecutors dropped more than half to "streamline" the case for the first trial.

(© 2009 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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