BOSTON — After months of delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 24-count trial of former Mayor Jasiel Correia II appears on track for a March 16 start date, according to a federal online docket.
Another virtual “in-chambers” meeting was held on Thursday between U.S. District Court Judge Douglas Woodlock and attorneys involved in the case to discuss “confidentiality and personal privacy issues affecting trial participants,” read a court entry.
A similar hearing was held on Jan. 29.
An in-person pre-trial conference is set for Feb. 23.
Correia and his top aide and campaign manager, Gen Andrade, were set for trial on the government corruption side of the case for allegedly scheming to gain $600,000 in bribes for the non-opposition letters needed for any marijuana company to seek state licensing for medical and recreational marijuana last May.