Barry Bonds perjury trial set for March 21, 2011

[Auggie]

sfgate.com / August 6th, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal judge today set a trial date of March 21, 2011 for Barry Bonds, who is charged with perjury for telling a federal grand jury he had never knowingly used steroids on his way to setting baseball's home-run record.

U.S. District Judge Susan Illston of San Francisco accepted the schedule proposed by federal prosecutors and lawyers for the former San Francisco Giants star. She told both sides to file lists of planned witnesses by Oct. 15.

Bonds, 46, faces 11 felony charges of perjury and obstruction of justice for his 2003 testimony to the grand jury that was investigating BALCO, the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative of Burlingame. He has pleaded not guilty.

Five defendants, including BALCO founder Victor Conte and Bonds' former trainer, Greg Anderson, pleaded guilty to illegally distributing drugs through the lab.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/08/06/BAPM1EQ2NT.DTL&tsp=1

[joeybee12]

1. I'll be there!

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[madinmaryland]

2. Kicked, kicked, and oh, kicked. A recommend also!

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