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Such evidentiary weaknesses would be crucial tools in the hands of high-caliber, publicity-savvy defense lawyers. But Markhasev has fired them all. Until May 13, he was represented by Charles Lindner, the Los Angeles lawyer who ghostwrote the portion of Johnnie Cochran's O.J. Simpson trial summation that evoked the Holocaust. Lindner turned out to have bad chemistry with Markhasev and his mother Vickie; minutes before the judge took his seat for the arraignment, Markhasev dramatically turned to Lindner and whispered, "I don't want you." Lindner feels that "no matter what, innocent or not, the kid is going...
...According to current federal guidelines, it takes 100 times more cocaine powder than crack to draw the same 10-year minimum sentence for drug dealing. Because crack is more prevalent in poor, predominantly black inner-city areas, an appeal by a consortium of attorneys (including Johnnie Cochran) argued that the law unfairly targets blacks, while letting suburban whites--the primary consumers of powder cocaine off with a lesser sentence for carrying the same amount of the drug. The case involved a black man, Duane Edwards, who was arrested in the District of Columbia in 1995 for selling an undercover agent...
...Hogan (3-1); LP: Cochran...
...making later go-rounds more impressive. If the comet comes through too often, however, a new crust can form out of dust falling back onto the surface. This too can lead to false optimism. "With Comet Halley, which has been back many times," says University of Texas astronomer Anita Cochran, "only about 15% to 20% of the surface is active." Admits Hale: "It's been kind of nerve-racking to sit through all those months wondering if the comet would fizzle...
...offices of Baker, Silberberg & Keener, housed in a huge, black-glass building next to the Santa Monica airport on Ocean Park Boulevard, just minutes from the courthouse. There, a four-module space called the "O.J. Archive" is filled with documents from the trial--and before. Johnnie Cochran, who had recommended his friend Baker to Simpson, sent over photocopies of all the defense documents in October 1995, immediately after it became clear that a civil suit was to be lodged. The Los Angeles district attorney's office, however, showed less alacrity, defense sources said. It sent numerous boxes in haphazard order...