NEW YORK: The resentencing of a former civil rights lawyer convicted in a terrorism case has been scheduled for April 22.
The sentencing date for Lynne Stewart was set Wednesday by federal Judge John Koeltl after an appeals court said he should consider whether she committed perjury when she testified at her trial.
Stewart s lawyer, Joshua Dratel, said outside court that he plans to appeal her conviction to the Supreme Court.
Supporters of Stewart who packed a courtroom in Manhattan applauded as she was brought in by US marshals. She was ordered to report to prison last month to begin serving her two-year, four-month sentence.
The 70-year-old lawyer was convicted of enabling a client convicted of terrorism to communicate with a terrorist group.
Stewart was convicted of letting Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman communicate with a man who relayed messages to senior members of an Egypt-based terrorist organization.
Abdel-Rahman is serving a life sentence after he was convicted 14 years ago in conspiracies to blow up New York City landmarks and assassinate Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
