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A hearing in the criminal case against former Utah Attorneys General John Swallow and Mark Shurtleff has been pushed back to December.
Third District Judge Elizabeth Hruby-Mills has set a hearing for Dec. 12 on several motions pending in the corruption case. The hearing had previously been set for Nov. 7.
Attorneys for the two defendants want the judge to separate their cases. They also want more specific information on evidence behind the charges.
Prosecutors oppose those motions.
Shurtleff, the former three-term attorney general, is charged with 10 felonies, including receiving or soliciting bribes, accepting gifts, tampering with witnesses and evidence, and participating in a pattern of unlawful conduct.
Swallow, Shurtleff's handpicked successor who stepped down last December after less than a year in office, is charged with 11 felonies and two misdemeanors, including multiple counts of receiving or soliciting bribes, accepting gifts, tampering with evidence, obstructing justice and participating in a pattern of unlawful conduct.
Tom Harvey