Crime & Safety
UPDATE: Trial Conference Continued for Jamie Smith
Smith is accused of stabbing a COD teammate during a fight in 2011
This story updated at 2:44 p.m.
Today's trial readiness conference for Jamie Smith, the former College of the Desert football player accused of stabbing a teammate during a fight last year, has been continued until September. Smith remains in custody on $1 million bail.
Defense attorneys made the request for more time to prepare their case today in an Indio courtroom before Superior Court Judge Thomas N, Douglass.
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Smith last September to charges of attempted murder with malice and assault with a deadly weapon during a fight with a teammate over allegedly stolen property.
Smith's arrest was one of those named as a reason that College of the Desert has opened an investigation into the Roadrunner football program.
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The trial readiness conference for Smith will be resumed on September 4th.
