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MAYVILLE - The trial involving a man accused of stabbing an international author has been postponed.
Wednesday morning, Chautauqua County Judge David Foley officially delayed the trial of Hadi Matar, who is accused of stabbing and attempting to kill Salmon Rushdie.
Jury selection was scheduled to begin Monday, however Public Defender Nathan Barone requested that the trial be delayed because they want to review Rushdie's upcoming memoir "Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder," which is scheduled to be published April 16.
District Attorney Jason Schmidt had already requested a copy of the book, as well as any notes to be provided to the defense team, however his request was unsuccessful.
Foley said a subpoena will be issued. He doesn't know if it will be successful in gaining all the materials, however he said the defense may have to wait until the book is available for purchase.
Schmidt warned that the publisher of the book may decide to delay it until after the trial is complete, however Foley said they will deal with that issue if it comes up.
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