OJ's ex-lawyer contradicts his testimony on guns
Source: AP-Excite
By KEN RITTER and LINDA DEUTSCH
LAS VEGAS (AP) - O.J. Simpson's former lawyer defended himself point-by-point Friday against allegations he botched the former football star's armed-robbery trial, after giving damaging testimony that Simpson actually knew his buddies had guns when they went to a hotel room together to reclaim some sports memorabilia.
Miami-based attorney Yale Galanter quickly found himself under withering cross-examination from a Simpson lawyer intent on proving that Galanter's word couldn't be trusted - that he knew ahead of time of Simpson's plan and spent more effort covering up his involvement than representing Simpson.
The weeklong hearing concluded late Friday with Clark County District Judge Linda Marie Bell telling attorneys she will issue her decision in writing. She didn't specify a date.
Simpson was returned to prison custody. His attorneys, Patricia Palm and Ozzie Fumo, said they were optimistic that the judge would grant a new trial.
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Defense attorney Patricia Palm, left, and O.J. Simpson appear at an evidentiary hearing in Clark County District Court on May 17, 2013 in Las Vegas. Simpson, who is currently serving a nine-to-33-year sentence in state prison as a result of his October 2008 conviction for armed robbery and kidnapping charges, is using a writ of habeas corpus to seek a new trial, claiming he had such bad representation that his conviction should be reversed. (AP Photo/Ethan Miller, Pool)
FarPoint
(12,209 posts)is cuffed and shackled in the Court Room? Is it because he is an active/ convicted prison inmate? Just curious if anyone knows....
it's because he's a convicted and sentenced prisoner.
FarPoint
(12,209 posts)When I saw him in the news report...cuffed and shackled...oh my...the reckoning!
Life's lessons..........stops you in your tracks.
premium
(3,731 posts)He got away with 2 murders, but, in the end, he got his just rewards, we did (Nevada) what California couldn't/wouldn't do, convicted him and sent him where he belongs, in prison.
kitt6
(516 posts)Narrow-mindedness is typical loser.
premium
(3,731 posts)Believe whatever you want, but he was guilty, even the jurors in the civil trial believed it. He won't get a new trial, his lawyer in the first trial pretty much guaranteed it with his testimony yesterday.
Stick a fork in him, he's fucking done and good riddance.
cstanleytech
(26,080 posts)You might believe he got away with it but what you believe doesnt matter all that matters is what the jury believed and they just didnt believe the prosecutions witnesses especially after one of the key ones was caught committing perjury.
premium
(3,731 posts)I don't give a damn what the jury said, he was guilty, even the jury at the civil trial believed it. I can have my own opinion and my opinion is he is guilty of 2 counts of murder whether the criminal jury believed it or not.
The good thing is that Nevada had the balls to convict this murderer of kidnapping and armed robbery and put him where he belongs while California couldn't convict him, bottom line is, he won't get a new trial, Galanter pretty much guaranteed that yesterday with his testimony.
He's where he belongs, albeit, not for the murders, but at least he's where he belongs, in a Nevada State Prison.
cstanleytech
(26,080 posts)premium
(3,731 posts)kitt6
(516 posts)O.K you were there. Eye witness.
premium
(3,731 posts)and neither were you. My opinion is that O.J. is a murdering POS and he's exactly where he belongs, just not for murder.
marble falls
(56,359 posts)pennylane100
(3,425 posts)in the wrongful death of two people. A typical loser is one that is not very well read.
kitt6
(516 posts)As they say, never be the defendant. Especially under O.J's circumstances.
Kolesar
(31,182 posts)A dreadful miasma of right wing psychosis
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)He looks horrible. Until I read the caption I had no idea who the man was.
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JimDandy
(7,318 posts)And why the "little one" to that poster? Belittling a poster because of an innocuous remark is uncalled for, and, if you know the poster is young or diminutive in stature, then it's just rude.
Mr Big Stuff
(1 post)and he didn't do it.
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)Do tell us.
uppityperson
(115,674 posts)TeamPooka
(24,156 posts)marble falls
(56,359 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,361 posts)wordpix
(18,652 posts)I don't care if you're best friends with the guy, he beat up his wife and then killed her in a rage, along with the poor guy from the restaurant.
BainsBane
(53,003 posts)than whatever happened in Vegas. It's well deserved too.
Lil Missy
(17,865 posts)Zoeisright
(8,339 posts)Lil Missy
(17,865 posts)Zoeisright
(8,339 posts)That POS murderer is a waste of oxygen.
pscot
(21,023 posts)He's fallen far and hard. You can see it in his face.
nlomb269
(11 posts)I still don't think he's got enough to get a new trial, however much he hopes, but we'll see