New Pedro Espada tax trial set for Nov. 5
Photo credit: Jason Andrew | Pedro Espada Jr. walks out of Brooklyn Federal Court House in Brooklyn. (May 14, 2012)
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A federal judge in Manhattan on Friday ordered a Nov. 5 trial for former State Senate power broker Pedro Espada on tax charges and said he wouldn't tolerate another two-month spectacle like the one that led to Espada's conviction on theft charges this year in Brooklyn.
"No judge in his right mind would permit it, and I certainly won't," U.S. District Judge William Pauley said when a defense...
