The sentencing for Joplin lawyer Daniel Whitworth, 58, originally scheduled for September 4, will be held October 9, according to a ruling issued today by U. S. District Court Judge Douglas Harpool.
Whitworth's attorney, in documents filed Tuesday in U. S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri, asked for extra time because of a September 11 hearing of the Client Security Fund Committee of the Missouri Bar Association which will be about the clients whose money was taken by Whitworth.
Whitworth is cooperating with the investigation, his lawyer said, and the results of the hearing could have an impact on any restitution requirements in his sentencing.
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