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...Lorean's acquittal renews doubts about criminals as accusers
During the Los Angeles trial that ended with John De Lorean's acquittal on charges of drug conspiracy and possession, a striking tableau could be seen. At the defendant's table sat De Lorean, tall and handsome, boyish despite his 59 years, as smooth and sleek as the sports car he briefly manufactured. In the witness chair sat his key accuser, James Timothy Hoffman, 43, a hulking, 250-lb. convicted drug dealer and admitted perjurer whose latest job was as a professional informer, setting up his friends and acquaintances for Government stings. When the obese Hoffman appeared...
...contrast was obviously not lost on the jury. Indeed, the failure of the Government's prosecution of De Lorean called into question not only its handling of undercover operations but also a separate, though often related, procedure: the use of criminals as witnesses. The De Lorean case was the Government's third defeat in the past four months in major trials involving witnesses with unsavory backgrounds. Earlier this month, in a Cook County, Ill., case that was part of the Greylord investigation of judicial corruption, Judge John G. Laurie was cleared of bribery and other charges in part...
...Would you buy a used car from me?" asked De Lorean wryly after his acquittal. Almost certainly many people would. He is a master of the role of charming rascal. Even the jury, held hostage for five months to his trial, agreed after its emotional deliberations to a highly unusual request from the defense attorneys for a private meeting with the man they had just found not guilty. De Lorean, his wife and lawyers spent half an hour thanking the jurors, many of them well-paid professionals, for their verdict. -By Jane O'Reilly. Reported by Richard Woodbury/Los Angeles
...McCormack's experiences, from playing tennis against Bjorn Borg to convincing Andre Heiniger, managing director of Rolex, that his company should be a Wimbledon sponsor. To illustrate the importance of research and learning from mistakes, McCormack writes of an episode in which he tried to sell John De Lorean, then head of General Motors' Pontiac division, on a new promotional campaign tied to the company's Indianhead logo. De Lorean's bemused response...