Posted on 04/25/2006 2:34:48 AM PDT by abb
DURHAM - District Attorney Mike Nifong plans to reinstate misdemeanor charges against a half-dozen Duke lacrosse players, saying a March 13 party where a woman reported a rape broke the deals that the players made with prosecutors.
Nifong's decision could affect players who, before the party, had entered agreements in which prosecutors would dismiss the cases if the players performed community service and stayed out of trouble for six months or a year. Among the first to have his charges reinstated was David Evans, one of the team captains who lived at 610 N. Buchanan Blvd., the site of the party in which lacrosse players hired two women from escort services to dance. One of the women told police that she was raped by three men in a bathroom.
Two players, Collin Finnerty, 19, and Reade William Seligmann, 20, were charged last week with first-degree rape, first-degree sex offense and first-degree kidnapping. Their attorneys say the men are innocent.
On Monday, an attorney for Seligmann filed a motion seeking information that would help attack the credibility of the woman, the only person, according to the defense filing, who says a rape occurred. The motion seeks information about the woman, including criminal charges, mental and emotional problems the woman has suffered as well as social services, probation, child protective services and victim's advocacy records.
Today, Finnerty is due in a Washington court where prosecutors in an assault charge are considering whether to revoke a deferred prosecution agreement similar to those affecting other players in Durham.
According to court records, 16 players were charged in the past three years with misdemeanor charges in Durham including noise violations, public urination and alcohol violations. The deals placed the men on probation for either six months or a year.
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Not that I know of.
If you look at the posts, it's pretty clear what's going on here--
xoxoxox is a dog or a cat, and is only able to communicate with us by pointing to other news articles and tapping out the briefest of blurbs in human language.
and Janette Rivers as a possible alias.
There is also that other guy who looks just like Seligman. I think those pictures seriously put into question which guy it was. It seems that it would be easy to convince a jury that either one was a mistaken ID. I guess you could just ask them if there were there on cross examination.
ok!
Got it ... arf. :)
Did you ever use:
http://www.ussearch.com
Type in someone's name.(You must give an approximate age.)
I typed in Crystal Mangum, age 25. No city or state. When Crystal Gail Mangum comes up, age 27, click on her name. It shows that she has had 10 addresses in Durham, 2 in WA, and 1 in CA.
I've used this service several times to find someone's age.
bump!
I thought Finnerty's defense was going to be that he was eating Mexican food at an establishment with many people around? So I am not sure it can be "proved" he was there either?
Thanks toldyou!
So as far as what can be PROVED repeat PROVED in a court of law, there were only four people at the party. The prosecution has the flakey neighbor, but he only knows the captains. Chances are he can't ID ANYONE else. If this is so, Nifong has an insurmountable problem...
Precisely
Gotcha, thanks. I believe I had read that before possible on another site.
She lived in Concord CA when in the Navy.
:)
And furthermore, Nifong's threat to activate the cases of the guys who have misdemeanors hanging over their heads, what's he gonna say? They were at the party and drinking and such? Their lawyer will say, "who says so?" PROVE IT.
I think Nifongs trying a bluff here, too.
Okay---somewhere I read someone related to av was her retired law enforcement. I will have to go dig it up. I thought it was ex-husband, but I could be wrong. But he has a record.
I also thought Crystal's maiden name was Magnum and McNeil was her married name-I'll go back for that one, also.
Do you know his first name?
Is that her also in Raleigh, NC?
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