PITTSBURGH - A judge has denied state Sen. Jane Orie's request to postpone an Oct. 3 retrial on public corruption charges and also declined to allow new charges, including perjury and forgery, that grew out of her defense in the first trial to be heard at the retrial.
Allegheny County Judge Jeffrey Manning, who issued the rulings Friday, declared a mistrial in March when he agreed with prosecutors that two defense exhibits were forged to mislead jurors during her first trial.
