The trial of a truck driver charged with killing six people under the influence has been moved to late September.
Criminal Court Judge Don Poole today reset Benjamin Brewer’s trial date to Sept. 25.
Brewer, 41, was supposed to go to trial Monday, but Poole canceled that date after public defenders found a second drug test of their client’s blood with different results at the last minute.
Defenders argued that prosecutors should have turned it over since the discrepancies go to the heart of the state’s case: Proving impairment was involved in the June 25, 2015, wreck on Interstate 75 that killed six and injured several others.
Prosecutors countered the second test still contained meth, and that a federal agency had requested it, making it outside the state’s duty to hand over.