Posted on 08/03/2009 3:55:11 PM PDT by jazusamo
Lawyers for the former football great appear before a panel of the state Supreme Court to seek Simpson's release while he appeals his armed-robbery and kidnapping conviction.
Reporting from Las Vegas -- Nevada Supreme Court justices appeared cool today to arguments from O.J. Simpson's attorneys that the former football star be granted bail while he appeals his armed-robbery and kidnapping conviction.
Simpson attorney Yale Galanter said the notoriety of the NFL Hall of Fame running back, who was famously acquitted of a 1994 double murder in Los Angeles, made it impossible for him to flee if he's released on bail.
"Mr. Simpson is the perfect candidate for bail," Galanter said. "He's got nowhere to go, nowhere to hide."
But the three-member panel -- Mark Gibbons, Michael A. Cherry and Nancy M. Saitta -- noted that granting bail to someone convicted of violent crimes would be highly unusual in both the state and federal court systems.
When Galanter said that Simpson had traveled without incident between Nevada and his Florida home during other court proceedings, Saitta raised her eyebrows.
"Everyone believes they have a valid appeal," she later told Galanter.
Simpson, 62, was sentenced in December to up to 33 years in prison for spearheading the armed heist of two sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel room -- an incident captured in surreptitious audio recordings made by a Simpson associate.
The Heisman Trophy winner is incarcerated at Lovelock Correctional Center in northern Nevada and will be eligible for parole in 2017.
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LOL!
I wonder if he stopped paying the private detective trying to find the real killer when he went to prison. :)
What happens in Vegas,stays in Vegas.Just ask OJ.
“Cool to”, huh?
Yeah, cool in the sense that when you’re laughing up your sleeve the breeze has a cooling effect on your upper body.
The last time this clown was released on bail with a ‘don’t leave the U.S.’ order, he took an immediate trip to the offshore islands (Bermuda, I think), claiming he didn’t need a passport so he thought it was the same as being in the US.
That's racist...
Another foolish Simpson attorney who will never be paid. HeHeHeHe ... !
Heh heh heh,
I’ll bet they were thinking “What’re you doing here fool?”
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