https://freerepublic.com/tag/musladin/ en-us Wed, 13 Apr 2005 03:05:08 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1382520/posts Technicality May Let Prisoner WalkLOS ANGELES and SAN FRANCISCO, April 12, 2005 A federal appeals court has overturned the 1995 murder conviction of Mathew Musladin ruling that courtroom spectators who wore pictures of the slain man may have biased jurors. Musladin was convicted of murdering his estranged wife's fiance in 1994. In ordering a new trial, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that the buttons worn by murder victim Tom Studer's family while they sat in the front-row gallery might have influenced the jury. "The buttons essentially argue that Studer was the innocent... CBS https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1382520/posts#comment Wed, 13 Apr 2005 03:05:08 GMT