Trial Delayed for Accused in Seattle Jewish Federation Shooting
July 17, 2008 | Read Time: 1 minute
A second trial for a man accused in a fatal 2006 shooting at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle has been postponed by a county judge, according to The Seattle Times.
Judge Paris Kallas, of King County Superior Court, postponed on July 15 the second trial of Naveed Haq, 32. Mr. Haq is accused of bringing a gun into the offices of the Seattle federation and of killing one woman and wounding five others. He has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
Judge Kallas ordered the delay so that Mr. Haq’s lawyers can review hundreds of telephone calls the defendant made from King County Jail since his arrest two years ago. The lawyers said they will also need time to review transcripts of Haq’s first trial, which ended in a mistrial on June 4. Mr. Haq’s new trial, the judge said, may not be scheduled until early next year.
At his first trial, Mr. Haq’s lawyers said he had endured an abusive childhood and was taking a dangerous mix of prescription medications at the time of the shooting.
