Judge John Sanders granted a 60-day continuance for the preliminary hearing in the murder trial of William Moore.
Moore, of Benton, is charged in the premeditated first degree murder of Carol Mould.
Sanders said the continuance would give both sides time to prepare for the trial.
Moore’s attorney, Darren Patterson, filed this motion, along with several others.
“I believe I have received minimal amount of discovery,” Patterson said.
He filed a motion for discovery, as well as a motion requesting additional statements of witnesses who may testify at the preliminary hearing in order to help that proceed faster.
The third motion was the sequestration of witnesses.
“I would ask the court to grant these motions,” Patterson said.
The preliminary hearing was continued until Aug. 13.
The motion to separate witnesses at the hearing also was granted, as was the motion to prepare a record of the preliminary hearing.
The final motion for a first request for discovery also was discussed.
County Attorney Jan Satterfield requested a discovery date be set where this motion could be heard. She said they have provided Patterson with 10 hours of DVD recordings, but haven’t given him other materials because of the late timeframe in which she received them.
“Mr. Moore was not, before he came to the light and attention of emergency services and the sheriff, a person of interest,” Satterfield said.
She said over the past four years they had investigated other individuals and felt some of that information was not pertinent to this case and should remain private.
A discovery date was set for later this month, but Satterfield agreed to turn over any information she did not feel should be protected right away.
