Reksid, through court-appointed defense attorney Mark B. Hanson, also opposed the prosecution’s request for the federal court to preclude any mention of penalty and expert evidence not relevant to guilt.
Hanson said the “government’s motion is premature” in asking the court to order his client undergo psychological examination.
Reksid “is still in the process of working out issues related to the provision of expert services and obtaining his own examination,” Hanson said.
Reksid “believes that prior to further decision related to defendant’s own expert, it would be premature for the government to have the defendant examined,” Hanson added.
The prosecution’s motion to preclude any mention of penalty must be denied, Hanson argued, because “the government cites no authority for its requested relief that the court preemptively preclude, in relevant part, [the] defendant from…presenting any evidence or testimony, or asking any question designed to elicit testimony concerning the penalty resulting from a conviction in this case.’”
Hanson told the federal court that the prosecution’s motion to preclude expert evidence not relevant to guilt “is premature.”
The federal government filed a superseding indictment on March 18, 2011, charging Reksid with seven counts of wire fraud and one count of bribery concerning a program receiving federal funds. He has denied the charges.
