Arizona Wildcats coach Sean Miller will not have to testify in federal bribery trial

A judge ruled Friday that Arizona Wildcats head coach Sean Miller and LSU’s Will Wade will not have to take the stand in the college basketball corruption trial that starts Monday./Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

By Bruce Pascoe | Arizona Daily Star and Adam Zagoria Special to Arizona Daily Star  

Agreeing with federal prosecutors that Sean Miller’s actions are irrelevant to the upcoming college basketball bribery trial, a federal judge ruled Friday that the UA coach will not have to testify.

Miller and LSU coach Will Wade had been subpoenaed for a trial scheduled to begin Monday in the U.S. District Court’s Southern District of New York, involving would-be agent Christian Dawkins and Adidas rep Merl Code over four federal bribery and conspiracy charges.

Federal prosecutors say the two men on trial paid college assistant coaches, including the University of Arizona’s Book Richardson, in exchange for promises to steer their players to Dawkins and Code for professional representation.

However, Dawkins’ attorney, Michigan-based Steve Haney, argued that there was valid reason for evidence and testimony from Miller.

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