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Mar 31, 2008 11:09 am US/Eastern

Rape Trial Postponed Because Of Wardrobe Problems

FREDERICK, Md. (AP) ― A Frederick County judge has delayed the rape trial of an Adamstown man after the defendant complained that a courtroom attire provided by his public defender didn't fit.

The judge granted the continuance last week after 40-year-old George Mathis appeared in his prison uniform for the start of his trial. Mathis is accused of strangling, beating and raping a former girlfriend last April.

His attorney, Stephen Musselman, told the court that Mathis would not wear the clothing he supplied because it was too big.

The trial has been rescheduled for June.

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