Time: Thu Jun 19 06:40:59 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id GAA27728; Thu, 19 Jun 1997 06:39:08 -0700 (MST) id QAA05046; Mon, 16 Jun 1997 16:35:56 -0400 (EDT) id QAA05017; Mon, 16 Jun 1997 16:35:50 -0400 (EDT) id AA06843; Mon, 16 Jun 1997 16:35:49 -0400 by usr10.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id NAA00873 for <snetnews@world.std.com>; Mon, 16 Jun 1997 13:34:38 -0700 (MST) Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 13:33:12 -0700 To: snetnews@world.std.com From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SNET: McVeigh's Lawyer to Appeal Bombing Case -> SearchNet's SNETNEWS Mailing List What's the appellate docket number, please? /s/ Paul Mitchell http://www.supremelaw.com At 11:24 AM 6/16/97 -0400, you wrote: > >-> SearchNet's SNETNEWS Mailing List > >DENVER (Reuter) -- The lawyer for Timothy McVeigh said Monday there was a >long way to go before the condemned Oklahoma City bomber would be executed >and said he would appeal the case on at least six grounds. > >Appearing on ABC-TV's ``Good Morning America'' and other programs, Stephen >Jones said he did not meet with McVeigh over the weekend, but said he hoped >to later Monday. > >He said McVeigh's demeanor is ``parade rest,'' which is a military term for >relaxed, but attentive. Jones also said he did not know if McVeigh was >frightened by the prospect of execution. > >Jones told NBC's ``Today'' program that he would launch an extensive appeal >of McVeigh's federal conviction on murder and conspiracy for the April 1995 >bombing that killed 168 people. > >He said he would also appeal the death sentence, which was handed up Friday >by the same jury that convicted McVeigh. > >Jones signaled that the appeal would center on his contention that the court >did not let he and his lawyers present a complete defense. > >``There are six grounds at minimum we will raise,'' Jones said of his planned >appeal. > >He said the strongest area would be the court's refusal to let the defense >present a former federal informant as a witness. That witness has reportedly >said that she heard neo-Nazis plotting the bombing. > >Jones also said he would appeal the case on grounds that the government's >compulsory pre-trial disclosure of evidence was incomplete and parts of it >were delayed. > >On the death sentence, Jones said ``there was a long way to go'' before >execution was carried out. > >``There are appeals and other matters that we are investigating which may >vacate the sentence,'' he told ABC. > >Separately, USA Today reported Monday that lawyers are looking into two >jurors, one of whom might have been planning a book about the case and >another who reportedly said prior to deliberations: ``We know what we've got >to do. Let's do it.'' > > >08:01 06-16-97 > > >-> Send "subscribe snetnews " to majordomo@world.std.com >-> Posted by: Finchley@aol.com > > > ======================================================================== Paul Andrew Mitchell : Counselor at Law, federal witness B.A., Political Science, UCLA; M.S., Public Administration, U.C. Irvine tel: (520) 320-1514: machine; fax: (520) 320-1256: 24-hour/day-night email: [address in tool bar] : using Eudora Pro 3.0.2 on 586 CPU website: http://www.supremelaw.com : visit the Supreme Law Library now ship to: c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776 : this is free speech, at its best Tucson, Arizona state : state zone, not the federal zone Postal Zone 85719/tdc : USPS delays first class w/o this As agents of the Most High, we came here to establish justice. We shall not leave, until our mission is accomplished and justice reigns eternal. ======================================================================== [This text formatted on-screen in Courier 11, non-proportional spacing.] -> Send "subscribe snetnews " to majordomo@world.std.com -> Posted by: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
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