After being accused of withholding evidence, prosecutors agreed to drop their objections and allow a 60-day delay in the criminal trial of Associate Supreme Court Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi.

The trial had been set for Sept. 2, but significant issues remain unresolved, including accusations that prosecutors are withholding evidence and manipulating the discovery schedule to disadvantage the defense. The defense is also questioning the role of Attorney General John Formella as the initial investigator in the case. And there is the broader legal question of what, if anything, sitting members of the state Supreme Court can be required to testify to on the witness stand.

On Thursday, Merrimack County Superior Court Judge Martin Honigberg ordered the trial pushed back until at least No

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