LAS VEGAS (AP) — A lawyer for O.J. Simpson said Friday they'll decide their next step after the Nevada Supreme Court rejected the imprisoned former football star's latest appeal of his 2008 kidnapping and armed robbery conviction.
Attorney Patricia Palm said she needed to talk with Simpson at Lovelock Correctional Center about the Thursday ruling by a three-member panel of the state high court, and whether he wants to appeal to federal court.
The Nevada justices issued a detailed 16-page decision saying they found there was no reason to overturn Clark County District Court Judge Linda Marie Bell's findings in the case and give Simpson a new trial.
The court said Simpson failed to show that his notoriety following his 1995 acquittal in Los Angeles in the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman tainted his trial in Las Vegas, and he failed to demonstrate that his lead trial lawyer, Yale Galanter, had a conflict of interest.
"We ... conclude the district court did not err in denying these claims," justices Ron Parraguire, Michael Douglas and Michael Cherry said.
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Oh suck it up OJ. God works in mysterious ways. He's a murderer who due to the utter stupidity and the dishonesty of the jury he walked free longer than he should have. But God knew he is a cold blooded killer and saw to it that he is right where he belongs. I hope he dies in prison.
ReplyDeleteThe Devil also works in Strange ways. The American judiciary system is a perfect example.
ReplyDeleteHe can't spend his protected pension money in prison, so he might as well spend it on lawyers. Nobody can deny that the $10 million that he spent on legal fees for his murder trial was a good return on his "investment."
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