A New York Indian reservation smoke shop proprietor who made a fortune supplying untaxed cigarettes to the black market will have to wait to learn his sentence in a racketeering case.
Rodney Morrison was convicted of trafficking in contraband cigarettes on Long Island's Poospatuck Reservation.
A federal judge began a sentencing hearing for Morrison on Thursday morning, but after hours of arguing by the lawyers he adjourned the proceedings to be concluded another day.
It could be days or weeks before the court takes up the matter again.
The case has been watched closely by New York's tribes.
Reservation shops now supply about a third of all cigarettes sold in the state.
Morrison's case has raised questions about whether that business is legal.
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