An attorney for Daniel Simmons, the former deputy attorney general who pleaded not guilty last year to four counts of fourth-degree rape of a 16-year-old, told Delaware Law Weekly on March 6 that there would be no trial in the case.

After his August 2014 arraignment, Simmons’ criminal trial was scheduled for Feb. 16, but has since been rescheduled to March 23, according to the Delaware Department of Justice and Simmons’ attorney, Eugene J. Maurer Jr.