Defense Lawyer Gets Last-Minute Delay Due To Wife Going Into Labor

PITTSBURGH (AP) - A Pittsburgh defense attorney got a last-minute postponement of a hearing after convincing a judge that his wife's labor was a matter of life - or his death.

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports Marc Daffner was granted a continuance Thursday after filing a blunt request with a Pittsburgh City Court magistrate.

It read: "Defense counsel's wife went into labor at approximately 11:15 a.m. today, and defense counsel will be killed by his wife if he does not get to the hospital immediately."

Daffner says the district attorney and judge agreed to move the hearing for his client, who is charged with receiving stolen property, to Sept. 2.

Daffner says, "I didn't have a legal reason for the continuance, but that was the truth."

Daffner's staff couldn't immediately confirm Friday whether his wife had given birth.

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