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Community support for a local rancher facing firearms charges hasn’t dwindled despite what his lawyer says are continued delays by the Crown.

Eddie Maurice appeared in court for the fourth time in Okotoks on Friday, and his case was adjourned for another two weeks.

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Maurice’s lawyer, Tonii Roulston, said the defence can’t move forward until she can review evidence gathered by the RCMP — documents the Crown has yet to provide.

Roulston wouldn’t go so far as to call the delays unreasonable, but did say frustrations are mounting and the family is feeling the emotional and financial toll of a lengthy court process.

“This family just wants to move on, that’s it,” she said outside the Okotoks courthouse. “They’re not asking for the attention.”

The Maurice family has found themselves at the centre of a debate around rural crime in Alberta, after gunfire rang out while intruders were trespassing on their land in February.