As you know Rob’s sentencing was set for yesterday in Peoria. Friends, family and supporters showed up en masse from Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Florida to support Rob in person. The hearing began at 10 am and the Court first considered the Motion for a New Trial. The arguments took nearly 2 hours and in the end the court denied the motion - but granted additional time to consider the issue of whether the Court could have called an expert on its own. This issue could lead to a reconsideration of the motion for new trial. Rob and the state have been provided time to brief the issue and sentencing has been rescheduled for September 14th at 10:30am. We hope that many of you will be at the new sentencing hearing.
Keep the prayers and positive thoughts coming!
Interestingly, we have learned that the state and the judge are aware of this blog and we believe that it proudly conveys the positive feelings from all the people that know and support Rob. Your continued positive encouragement is always welcome.
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Joni & Scott have ordered several books with Amazon.com. We have requested that they arrive no later than Monday. We are hoping that Amazon does the job on time!!
Also hopeful that we can see Rob out of there very SOON
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