Simpson likely to plead not guilty to 12 charges
London,
November
28:
Controversial
former
American
football
star
O.
J.
Simpson
is
likely
to
plead
not
guilty
to
12
charges,
including
kidnapping
and
armed
robbery
of
two
sports
memorabilia
in
a
Las
Vegas
hotel
room.
Simpson"s
lawyers
claim
that
their
client
did
not
display
guns,
and
that
he
only
wanted
to
retrieve
items
that
had
been
stolen
from
him.
These
items
are
said
to
include
several
photographs,
football
awards
and
the
suit
that
Simpson
was
wearing
on
the
day
when
he
was
acquitted
of
murdering
his
wife
Nicole
Brown
and
her
friend
Ronald
Goldman
in
1995.
Two other men—Clarence Stewart and Charles Ehrlich—are also involved in the case along with Simpson.Defence lawyers have already failed in getting the charges dismissed in the preliminary hearing, despite claiming that the allegations have been levelled by con artists and crooks.
Simpson"s attorney Yale Galanter said the arraignment should be brief."If this goes like all other standard arraignments, it will last about five minutes," the Daily Express quoted Galanter as saying. He, however, added: "There's nothing in this case that has been standard."
Galanter said that he would seek a trial date “sometimes next year", but refused to be more specific.The newspaper also reports that defence lawyers may challenge an amended complaint filed on Monday listing Stewart and Ehrlich as possible witnesses, but not Simpson. Attorneys for Stewart and Ehrlich were unavailable for comment.
(ANI)
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