Today in the Court of Appeal, the hearing for Rhett Fuller's case was postponed until the June sitting. He is currently appealing the Supreme Court's decision to allow his extradition to the United States to stand trial for the 1990 murder of Larry Miller.
This adjournment was granted because his attorney, Senior Counsel Eamon Courtenay, recently lost of his mother, which caused him not to be fully prepared to present his case on Fuller's behalf today.
He made an application for the matter to be traversed to the June session of the Appeal's Court, which was granted.
Courtenay made an additional request to the court to facilitate Fuller's appeal process in June.
He asked the court to allow him to make written submissions to them by April 27, to which Crown Counsel Perdomo can respond by May 25. It was his submission that the Appeals Court can be adequately informed of the positions from both sides by May 30 at the latest.
He noted that he was asking for this so that the Court of Appeal can give a ruling in the June session.
The Court of Appeal also granted this application.
This June appeal is supposed to be one of the very last avenues available to Fuller in an attempt to fight his extradition which has been ordered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This matter has been before the courts for almost 14 years.
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