NEW YORK – Prosecutors and defense lawyers are in plea negotiations in a rare state-level terror case against a man charged with building a homemade bomb to try to attack soldiers, police and other government targets, both sides said Monday.
Prosecutors hope either to have a deal or to take the case to a grand jury by March 1, Jose Pimentel’s next court date, Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Brian Fields told a court.
But the DA’s office hasn’t made any firm offer yet, defense lawyer Lori Cohen said.
The negotiations come less than two months into a case that Mayor Michael Bloomberg and other officials have portrayed as a smart use of a state terror law against a man who posed a clear threat, but that some law enforcement officials have said the FBI declined to get involved in because of doubts about the strength of the case.
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