Trial for Panthers' Greg Hardy pushed back to 2015

The jury trial for Carolina Panthers defensive end Greg Hardy won't happen until 2015.

The Mecklenberg County District Attorney's Office announced Tuesday morning that Hardy's trial had been continued, but an exact trial date has not been set.

The trial had been previously set for Nov. 17, leaving the possibility that Hardy could have been activated off the commissioner's exempt list before the end of the season if he was found not guilty.

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The continuance means Hardy's case will not be resolved before the end of this season, and he'll remain out while the legal issue is pending.

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NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said there will be no change on Hardy's status with the Panthers or the league until the legal case is resolved – and that will not change now that the trial has been postponed.

"The agreement with the union regarding Greg Hardy's status states that he agreed to be placed on the commissioner-exempt list with full pay until the criminal charges pending against him are adjudicated, and that no discipline will be imposed against him by the team or league until the charges are adjudicated," Aiello wrote in an e-mail.

Hardy was convicted by a judge this summer but appealed the verdict to a jury trial, as allowed under North Carolina law.

The prosecutor's office said in a statement that a capital murder trial that began in September, along with another murder trial set to begin later this month, have forced the postponement of several other trials in addition to Hardy's.

"The District Attorney's Office must now adjust the dockets in several courtrooms, affecting multiple cases that had been scheduled for the coming weeks. These changes will affect the Domestic Violence Team's cases scheduled for the week of Nov. 17. A number of matters must be continued," the statement read. "The Mecklenburg County District Attorney's Office prosecutes approximately 9,000 felonies and 200,000 misdemeanor and traffic offenses every year. The office works to seek justice and protect the community while handling the matters in a timely fashion and prosecuting this high volume of cases in a limited number of courtrooms."