Lawyers for an American fugitive who is facing extradition to the US to stand trial over a fatal car crash were today granted several weeks to prepare for an appeal.
The High Court last month ordered that Frederick Russell (27) be returned to the US to answer a number of charges over the pile-up which killed three students on a highway in Washington State.
But Russell is fighting that decision in the Supreme Court.
Chief Justice Mr Justice John L Murray today granted Russell's lawyers two weeks to file submissions for the appeal.
The Attorney General has been given one week to reply and the Chief Justice also requested that the books of appeal be lodged with the court in the next fortnight.
Russell, who was not in court for the brief hearing, is in custody in Cloverhill prison.
He is wanted in the US to face three charges of vehicular homicide, similar to causing death by dangerous driving, over a collision in June 2001 on a state highway in Washington near the border with Idaho.
Several students from the nearby university were returning to campus by car after a trip to the cinema when suddenly a vehicle, allegedly driven by Russell, pulled into their lane and ploughed into their car.
Three students died and two others were left with permanent injuries.
Russell went on the run for more than four years after being charged over the incident.
No date was set for the Supreme Court appeal.