Prosecutors want judge to deny new trial
by Stacy Temple - News Star (excerpt)

Prosecutors have asked federal court Judge Robbie James to deny motions for a new trial for suspended Monroe City Councilmen Robert "Red" Stevens and Arthur Gilmore.

The U.S. District Attorney's office submitted the motion electronically Saturday and the government has asked that the defense motion be denied without the need for an evidentiary hearing.

Defense attorneys for Stevens and Gilmore filed motions last month asking for an acquittal or a new trial based on new evidence that the prosecution's star witness, local businessman and developer Eddie Hakim, was being investigated for tax fraud during the same time he was reportedly recording meetings and phone calls with the councilmen.