LAS VEGAS - A judge on Monday rejected a request by a co-defendant of O.J. Simpson to delay their upcoming trial on charges of armed robbery and kidnapping.

A lawyer for Clarence "C.J." Stewart had asked Clark County District Judge Jackie Glass to put off the Sept. 8 trial until the Nevada Supreme Court considers Stewart's request for a separate trial.

Stewart's lawyers argue that it will be impossible for him to get a fair trial because the focus will be on Simpson, an NFL Hall of Fame player, actor and advertising pitchman who was acquitted in 1995 of charges that he murdered his ex-wife and her friend.

A hearing date on the fair trial issue has not been set. Stewart lawyer, Robert Lucherini said he would also appeal the decision to not delay the trial. The trial is expected to last five weeks.

Stewart and Simpson face felony charges of kidnapping, armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon stemming from a confrontation with two sports memorabila dealers in a Las Vegas casino hotel room last September.

They are the last two defendants in the case. Four men who accompanied Simpson and Stewart accepted plea deals and agreed to testify against Simpson.

A kidnapping conviction carries the possibility of life in prison with the possibility of parole, and a robbery conviction would mean mandatory prison time.

Simpson maintains that he went to the hotel room to retrieve items stolen that had been from him, that he didn't ask anyone to bring guns and that he didn't know anyone in the room was armed.

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I can't stand this guy, and hope the jury does the right thing this time around..

It's been so long ago, that I've totally forgotten about this case.

The U.S. court system sure doesn't get in a hurry when it comes to brings cases to trial.

I always associate O.J. with the murder and had forgotten about this one too...Yep, there are times our system is slower than **EDIT**...

**Goalie, the language filters are there for a reason.**

I've never believed he was innocent of the murders, and in this case he only proved what an ego tripping i can do anything and get away with it stunt jerk he really is! Lock him up and be done with it already!

I hope that piece of crud goes to jail.

I hope he goes to jail too and they all kick his a$$ EVERYDAY and dont bother to put him in solitary confinement because he would deserve it...brings me back to his murder trial. I honestly dont know how he got outta that one. Pathetic court systems and then the d*** had the nerve to put the book out...."If I Did It" I mean....WTF! Who would write that if he was innocent? It was his way of bragging about the murders...I hope this time around he gets his a$$ handed to him!