Motion for new trial delays sentencing for self-help author

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

August 1, 2011 - 12:59 am

PRESCOTT, Ariz. — A defense motion requesting a new trial is delaying the sentencing of a self-help author who led a deadly Arizona sweat lodge ceremony.

A jury convicted James Arthur Ray on June 22 on three counts of negligent homicide in the deaths of three people in October 2009. They were among dozens who participated in the ceremony Ray led near Sedona.

Prosecutors say Ray faces up to nine years in prison. He is eligible for probation. Ray was scheduled to be sentenced July 25. But defense attorneys filed a motion for a new trial based on what they claimed was egregious misconduct by prosecutors.

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