This undated drivers license photo provided Friday, Nov. 27, 2009, by the Jupiter Police shows Paul Michael Merhige. Police were searching Friday for Merhige, suspected in the Thanksgiving shooting deaths of his twin sisters, aunt and a 6-year-old cousin during a family celebration. (AP Photo/Jupiter Police Dept.)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The South Florida man accused of a Thanksgiving Day rampage at a relative's home is due in court.
Paul Merhige's attorneys plan to ask a judge Wednesday to delay his scheduled Aug. 8 trial on charges of killing four family members in 2009.
The wife of one of the attorneys has a baby due in August. He plans to take family leave of at least a month.
Because Merhige faces the death penalty, he must be represented by two attorneys.
Prosecutors oppose the trial delay.
Merhige is accused of killing his twin sisters, a 76-year-old aunt, and a 6-year-old daughter of his cousin.
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