A Lee County Circuit Court judge has moved the trial for an Alabama lawmaker facing perjury charges to October.
The Opelika-Auburn News reported Wednesday that Judge Jacob A. Walker rescheduled Republican Rep. Barry Moore's trial for the week of Oct. 27. The case was initially scheduled to begin next week. The judge moved the trial based on a request from Moore's defense attorney.
Moore, of Enterprise, is charged with answering questions falsely when he testified before a special grand jury that was probing whether or not House Speaker Mike Hubbard threatened to withhold economic incentives from the Enterprise area unless Moore's challenger in a Republican primary dropped out of the race.