{"id":43946,"date":"2011-09-15T12:17:07","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T16:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=43946"},"modified":"2011-09-15T13:15:32","modified_gmt":"2011-09-15T17:15:32","slug":"unavailability-of-key-witness-forces-adjournment-of-dual-citizenship-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/crime-court-law\/unavailability-of-key-witness-forces-adjournment-of-dual-citizenship-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Unavailability of key witness forces adjournment of dual citizenship case"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_43947\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43947\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-43947\" title=\"mendes and astaphan\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mendes-and-astaphan-300x127.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mendes-and-astaphan-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mendes-and-astaphan-150x63.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mendes-and-astaphan.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43947\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mendes (left), Astaphan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The hearing in the election petition matter involving Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerritt and Education Minister Petter St Jean has been adjourned until September 29 due to the unavailability of a key witness.<\/p>\n<p>On resumption of court this morning, Senior Counsel Anthony Astaphan informed of the intent to close the matter of the first respondents, meaning that the statements of the last witness was accepted into evidence as it stands without cross-examination.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney for the petitioners, Douglas Mendes requested an adjournment due the to unavailability of Felix Prosper, one of the key witnesses who was expected to give testimony tomorrow. That expectation, according to Mendes, was predicated upon Prosper flying into Dominica by Friday morning, but he revealed that further communication with Prosper&#8217;s employer showed that he would only arrive next week and that he will remain in Dominica for two weeks thereafter.<\/p>\n<p>Mendes requested that Prosper&#8217;s witness statement be entered into evidence on September 29 and that written submissions be filed by 28 September. Astaphan had no objection to the requests, but did express concern that since the trial had already taken such a long time and at the prospect of moving it back further stating, &#8220;There comes a time when the evidenciary part of the trial must end, so we can move on to submission.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Though she took Astaphan&#8217;s concerns into consideration, Justice Gertel Thom decided to adjourn the matter until 29 September, insisting that written submissions be filed by September 28 before oral submissions on October 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The hearing in the election petition matter involving Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerritt and Education Minister Petter St Jean has been adjourned until September 29 due to the unavailability of a key witness. 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