The trial went forward despite the prosecution's call for an acquittal.
In 2008, the year Mr. Addison was sentenced to death, another capital trial went forward without fanfare.
If the trial goes forward, the inner workings of the party will be on display, drawing attention away from her efforts to curb corruption.
She added: "We have to see whether this trial goes forward in a manner that is consistent with international standards, consistent with international human rights.
If the trial goes forward, Private Manning also elected to be tried by a military judge rather than by a jury of military officers, Mr. Coombs wrote.
But if the trial goes forward, as is considered likely, Colonel Zimmermann suggested that defense lawyers might try to bring up "unlawful command influence".
His lawyer, Xavier R. Donaldson, declined comment Friday on the specific allegations in the government filing, but said, "If the trial goes forward, it'll go forward, and whatever happens will happen".
The trial went forward only after the state decided to reduce the first-degree murder charge in favor of a lesser charge, which made Mr. Boyer's case less expensive to defend.
Weakland said that, at a meeting in the Vatican, he failed to persuade Bertone and other officials to let the trial go forward, and it was halted in 1998, shortly before Murphy died.
