SUSSEX, Va. (AP) -A judge on Tuesday scheduled an April 2 trial date for jailed Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick on two state felony dogfighting charges.
Vick’s lawyer, Lawrence Woodward, requested a jury trial.
The suspended NFL star did not to attend the hearing in Surry County Circuit Court. Vick is being held at a Warsaw, Va., jail after surrendering on Nov. 19 to begin serving time for a federal dogfighting conspiracy conviction.
Vick faces up to five years in prison when he is sentenced Dec. 10 in the federal case.
The two state charges – beating or killing or causing dogs to fight other dogs, and engaging in or promoting dogfighting – also are punishable by up to five years in prison each.
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