Egypt: Morsi's trial adjourned until Jan. 8
By SARAH EL DEEBBy SARAH EL DEEB, Associated Press
This image made from undated video posted on the website of the el-Watan newspaper on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013, shows ousted President Mohammed Morsi during his detention at an undisclosed facility in Egypt following his ouster. A newspaper known for close ties to the military published what appeared to be the first pictures of Morsi from his detention. A military official said the video was leaked to the paper in order to give his supporters a first glance of the former president to lessen the impact of the shock of his first public appearance at a trial that started Monday under heavy security.(AP Photo/el-Watan Newspaper via AP video)
This image made from undated video posted on the website of the el-Watan newspaper on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013, shows ousted President Mohammed Morsi during his detention at an undisclosed facility in Egypt following his ouster. A newspaper known for close ties to the military published what appeared to be the first pictures of Morsi from his detention. A military official said the video was leaked to the paper in order to give his supporters a first glance of the former president to lessen the impact of the shock of his first public appearance at a trial that started Monday under heavy security.(AP Photo/el-Watan Newspaper via AP video)
A masked policeman stands guard outside of a police academy compound were the trial of ousted President Mohammed Morsi is held in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Nov. 4 2013. Egypt's deposed Islamist president was brought from the secret location of his four-month detention to face trial Monday on charges of incitement of violence and murder. It was Mohammed Morsi's first public appearance since his ouster in a coup on July 3. If convicted, Morsi — Egypt's first freely elected president — could face the death penalty.(AP Photo/Manu Brabo)
FILE - In this Friday, July 13, 2012 file photo, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi holds a joint news conference with Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki at the Presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt. Egyptian authorities switched the venue for the trial of the former Islamist president on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013 a last-minute change made after the Muslim Brotherhood called for mass demonstrations at the original location. The trial of Morsi, now to be held east of the capital on Monday, could lead to another round of bloodshed as his supporters look likely to face an emboldened security apparatus that has boosted its forces for the hearing. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)
A riot policeman stands guard behind barbed wire outside of a police academy compound were the trial of ousted President Mohammed Morsi will be held in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Nov. 3, 2013. The deposed Islamist president is to go on trial Monday on charges of incitement of violence and murder, in what will be Morsi’s first public appearance since his ouster in a coup on July 3. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)
A supporter of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi raises his poster with Arabic that reads, "no to the coup", during a protest in front of the supreme constitutional court in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013. Egypt's deposed Islamist president was brought from the secret location of his four-month detention to face trial Monday on charges of incitement of violence and murder. It was Mohammed Morsi's first public appearance since his ouster in a coup on July 3. If convicted, Morsi Egypt's first freely elected president could face the death penalty.(AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's deposed president has defiantly told the court that he is the country's "legitimate" leader and it has no jurisdiction to try him.
In Monday's trial, Mohammed Morsi made his first public appearance since the military coup that ousted him on July 3. The trial was then adjourned until Jan. 8 to allow defense lawyers to review documents.
Since his ouster, Morsi has been held at a secret military location. He was flown by helicopter to the trial venue — a police academy in an eastern Cairo district.
If convicted, Morsi and 14 other defendants in the case could face the death penalty.
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