Posted on 08/29/2006 1:39:25 PM PDT by abb
The Durham cab driver who has surfaced as an alibi witness in the Duke lacrosse rape case today was found not guilty of a 3-year-old shoplifting charge.
Moezeldin Elmostafa is expected to provide an alibi for Reade Seligmann, one of three Duke lacrosse players indicted in the rape case, because he gave Seligmann a ride after the party that led to the rape allegations.
After authorities learned of Elmostafa's potential role in the rape case, they found an unserved warrant naming him in a 2003 shoplifting case at a Hechts department store at Northgate Mall in Durham. A security officer for the store testified today in district court that he saw a woman steal handbags from the store and then jump into Elmostafas cab, which sped away.
The security officer testified that the cab pulled away even before the woman had closed to the door. A store surveillance tape, played in court, appeared to show that the door closed first.
Defense lawyers in the lacrosse rape case have said that Elmostafa was charged because he is a favorable witness to the defense. Loflin put one of the lacrosse investigators on the witness stand this morning and produced typed notes from the lacrosse case that show District Attorney Mike Nifong wanted to be informed when Elmostafa was arrested.
Assistant District Attorney Ashley Cannon told the judge the shoplifting case has nothing to do with the rape case.
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I can't wait to see how Broadbutt spins this phenomena to the pots bangers when they start whining that the "out of towners" are diluting their influence...
where are the Duke Law students of the class of 2007 who listened to Darryl Hunt?
I guess the message didn't sink in.
(For that matter, where is Darryl Hunt?)
There should be a special "James Coleman" award after this,
given for the law professor who most lived up to his moral and ethical responsibilities.
And the hippies are proving to be the least liberal of them all!
My son keeps asking what groups I liked and then tracks down their music. Boy was he shocked when I pulled up in front of his soccer team blaring some Jimi Hendrix. I told his friends, it isn't mine, it's his. LOL
LOL---And that's why I love your nick!
"where are the Duke Law students of the class of 2007 who listened to Darryl Hunt?"
Here they are. They're too busy defending terrorists to be bothered with Lax player who are about to be lynched...
http://www.law.duke.edu/magazine/2006spring/features/guantanamoclinic.html
Guantanamo Defense Clinic
http://dukenews.duke.edu/2005/11/guantanamo.html
Duke Law Students, Professor Assist Guantanamo Defense Team
Law students will research and write briefs and help craft strategy for the military lawyers defending Guantanamo Bay detainees
Source: http://www.vanceholmes.com/court/trial_duke.html
Another website says that this group endorsed Chalmers for Chief.
I would think that means Gottlieb has some pull - in addition to being Head of Investigations. _
Oh, so he's a union thug, too?
If that web-site is correct, I'd say the chances are very slim
the investigation finds he did anything but pick the cook up and offer to call for help.
Watch out, they'd look at that line-up and probably blame it on Elmo....
EUREKA!! Gottleib is Mills Watson, the character actor of the 1970's and 80's. I saw him on a Rockford Files rerun the other day and said, "hmmmmmmm."
http://jartinmyhead.blogspot.com/2006/05/mills-watson-character-actor-of.html
The test results would have revealed any drugs in her system that have a long enough half-life to get into her hair. He may have thought a date-rape drug could be revealed. He may have thought nothing would be revealed and, even though he made the claim to the media about a date-rape drug being used, he may already have known there wasn't one used and he was hoping the test results would be negative to all drugs so he could shoot down the defense claim that Mangum was out of it when she arrived.
Yep - I use it elsewhere as well. It's a litmus test for people under a certain age. When I get halitosis jokes from people who don't get the reference I can generally be sure they are too young to bother with.
"It was number 4 -- the guy sitting down in the middle--with the mustache and goatee."
more pics of Mills Watson. It's him, I tell ya! He just shaved off the 'stash...
http://groups.msn.com/BJandTheBearFanClub/spinoffserieslobo.msnw
Excellent post.
http://durhamwonderland.blogspot.com/2006/09/more-student-activism.html
The momentum from the student organizers has to put enormous pressure on Nifong and his handlers. A riled up student body that can organize 2000-plus votes has the potential to shake up a lot of vested interests in Durham.
As to the ongoing miserable performance of Brodhead, Duke's Alumnae presumably are continuing to put pressure on the administration and Trustees. The Law Faculty are a lost cause until one of their own is caught in a compromising situation and is falsely accused.
uhhhh.... who in their right mind would run a drug test on you-know-who hoping it would show negative to ALL drugs?
Even a single dose of GHB will show up in the hair test, so Nifong's case and reputation has taken another beating.
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