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Retired NBA star Jayson Williams is in a New Jersey courtroom for a
hearing that could determine whether hell be sent to prison.
Williams wants a judge on Monday to delay sentencing him for
covering up the shooting of a hired driver more than seven years
ago.Prosecutors want Williams behind bars because of recent reports
of erratic behavior, including his arrest for assault in a North
Carolina bar and an altercation with police in a New York City
hotel room.The 41-year-old has been free on bail since the 2002
killing of Costas Christofi.Williams was convicted in 2004 of
covering up the slaying at his mansion. But sentencing has been
delayed pending his retrial on a reckless manslaughter
count.Defense attorneys are seeking to overturn the cover-up
conviction on grounds of racial bias.
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