Vincent Masga Songsong, a man arrested by federal agents for allegedly having in his possession a laptop that contained child pornographic materials, has retained a forensic expert to evaluate the computer evidence.<\/p>\n
Attorney Colin Thompson, the court-appointed counsel for Songsong, informed the U.S. District Court for the NMI during a status conference on Tuesday about the hiring of the forensic expert for their defense.<\/p>\n
Thompson said it would take two to three weeks for their forensic expert to complete evaluating the laptop.<\/p>\n
Assistant U.S. attorney Ross Naughton, counsel for the U.S. government, agreed to have another status conference in the case in late April.<\/p>\n
U.S. District Court Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona set the matter for another status conference on April 22, 2015, at 9am.<\/p>\n
After the hearing, Manglona remanded Songsong into the custody of the U.S. Marshal.<\/p>\n
Last January, the court ordered Songsong\u2019s detention pending trial.<\/p>\n
Jury trial will be on May 26, 2015.<\/p>\n
Songsong pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging him with one count of child pornography.<\/p>\n
According to the indictment, from Feb. 17, 2014, until Feb. 25, 2014, Songsong knowingly possessed a laptop computer containing visual depiction of a child less than 12 years old engaging in sex.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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