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Grandwizard Cletis KKK Perkins

2007-09-21, 4:33 am

O.J. Simpson Freed After Posting Bail

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

LAS VEGAS -- In a scene of legal deja vu, a grayer, heavier O.J.
Simpson
stood handcuffed in court Wednesday to face charges that could put
him
behind bars for life. The prosecutor who failed to get him a dozen
years ago
was there to watch, and news cameras tracked his every move as if they
were
covering a slow-speed chase.

But as Simpson made his $125,000 bail on charges including kidnapping
and
armed robbery, legal experts were questioning: Could a former football
star
who beat a double-murder rap really do hard time for a crime that
sounds
like a bad movie?

Police have laid out a case that makes Simpson the leader in a tense,
armed
holdup of sports memorabilia collectors. Some of the facts _ including
a
curious recording of the confrontation _ don't seem so clear-cut.

Legal experts say that issues such as who had rightful ownership of
the
goods and the reputation of witnesses in the sometimes less-than-
reputable
world of memorabilia trading could cloud the prosecution's case.

Simpson has insisted he was merely retrieving items that were stolen
from
him earlier.

Alfred Beardsley, one of the collectors who says he was robbed at
gunpoint
by Simpson and several other men, told NBC's "Today" show before
Simpson's
hearing that he didn't think an audiotape made at the scene was
accurate.
Beardsley was arrested for a parole violation on Wednesday.

The man who arranged the meeting between Simpson and the two
collectors, Tom
Riccio, has a criminal record. The other victim, Bruce Fromong, was
recovering from a heart attack in a Los Angeles hospital.

"The credibility of the cohorts in the enterprise would be a key issue
at
trial," said University of Southern California law professor Jody
Armour.

Agreed, said Dennis Turner, a professor at the University of Dayton
School
of Law. "This is a pretty shady world and pretty shady characters
dealing
with each other in a pretty shady way."

A key difference with the 1995 murder trial is that there are plenty
of
witnesses this time who place Simpson at the scene, including hotel
video
surveillance. Simpson has made no secret he went to the hotel room
intending
to take the memorabilia and told The Associated Press that a man who
came
with him brought a truck to cart away the goods.

"It's not like the murder case involving his ex-wife and Ron Goldman,
where
Simpson had a completely different story in which he said, 'I wasn't
there,'" said Doug Godfrey, a professor at the Chicago-Kent college of
Law.
"A prosecutor only has to show intent. And the intent is, 'Were you
acting
in concert with someone with a gun to take property from someone?' If
you
were, you're guilty of armed robbery."

Simpson attorney Yale Galanter said: "You can't rob something that is
yours."

Simpson, standing in court in a blue jail uniform and handcuffs,
furrowed
his brow as the judge read the list of charges against him. Gone was
the
slight smirk he flashed when he was arrested.

He answered quietly in a hoarse voice and nodded as the judge laid
out
restrictions for his release, including surrendering his passport to
his
attorney and having no contact with co-defendants or potential
witnesses.

Simpson did not enter a plea.

"Mr. Simpson do you understand the charges against you?" the judge
asked.

"Yes, sir," Simpson responded.

Galanter said after the hearing that the $125,000 bond was
reasonable.

The oddity of the case has attracted a swarm of media, including
Marcia
Clark, who unsuccessfully prosecuted Simpson for the 1994 murders and
was
reporting for "Entertainment Tonight." A helicopter television crew
followed
Simpson's vehicle leaving the court, strangely reminiscent of the slow-
speed
chase in which he once fled police in a white Ford Bronco.

Simpson, 60, was expected to fly home to Miami later Wednesday. He
was
arrested Sunday after a collector reported a group of armed men
charged into
a hotel room at the Palace Station casino and took several items.

The Heisman Trophy winner spent three nights in jail after being
charged
with kidnapping, robbery with use of a deadly weapon, burglary while
in
possession of a deadly weapon, coercion with use of a deadly weapon,
assault
with a deadly weapon, conspiracy to commit kidnapping, conspiracy to
commit
robbery and conspiracy to commit a crime.

Authorities allege that the men went to the room Thursday night on
the
pretext of brokering a deal with two longtime collectors, Beardsley
and
Fromong. According to police reports, the collectors were ordered at
gunpoint to hand over several items valued at as much as $100,000,
including
football game balls signed by Simpson, Joe Montana lithographs,
baseballs
autographed by Pete Rose and Duke Snider and framed awards and
plaques.

Beardsley told police he expected that night that the collection would
earn
$35,000 from the "client" he had never met.

Beardsley told police that one of the men with Simpson brandished a
pistol,
frisked him and impersonated a police officer, and that another man
pointed
a gun at Fromong.

"I'm a cop and you're lucky this ain't LA or you'd be dead," the man
said,
according to a police report.

Authorities said Beardsley, of Burbank, Calif., was paroled in March
2006
after serving 11 months of a two-year sentence for stalking a woman
in
Riverside County.

He was arrested at his room at the Luxor hotel Wednesday for
violating
parole. Seth Unger, spokesman for the California Department of
Corrections
and Rehabilitation, said Beardsley was required to get written
approval
before traveling more than 50 miles from home or leaving home for more
than
24 hours.

Beardsley was held without bail pending an extradition hearing
Monday.

Court records show Riccio also has a criminal history, including
grand
larceny in Florida in 1984 when he received three years of probation.

Riccio has said he was not concerned with how his past might affect
his
credibility "because everything's on tape. That's why it's on tape."

He also said he had been promised some form of immunity by
prosecutors.

Two other defendants, Walter Alexander, 46, and Clarence Stewart, 53,
were
arrested and released pending court appearances. Stewart turned in
some of
the missing goods and Alexander agreed to cooperate with prosecutors,
authorities said. A fourth suspect, Michael McClinton, 49, of Las
Vegas,
surrendered to police Tuesday.

Police were seeking two other suspects, whom they had not identified.

Armour said if the three other suspects who have been arrested turn
on
Simpson in exchange for lighter sentences, it could help the
prosecution,
but also damage their credibility. Allegations of a setup could also
cast
doubt on their testimony, he said.

"But at the end of the day, that may not matter as much as whether
they
think he (Simpson) deserves some punishment for something," Armour
said.

NY Dark Blue

2007-09-21, 10:33 am

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