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...Simpson case. At issue is a single human hair, roots intact, that was found in a knit cap wrapped around a .38-cal. revolver connected with the murder. Ballistic tests suggest that the bullet that killed Cosby came from that gun, and DNA testing links the hair to MIKAIL MARKHASEV. One problem: when the L.A.P.D.'s lab technicians inspected the cap after it was found in March 1997, they found only "shed" hairs without roots; reliable DNA testing requires the root. Nine months later, after it became clear that the case would depend heavily on witnesses with criminal pasts...
...lastest pretrial hearing, in November, reporters noticed that Michael Markhasev had bulked up a bit--not exactly to Schwarzenegger size but far from the scrawny figure the Ukrainian emigre cut when he was taken into custody last spring. With a trial set to begin Feb. 17 in Los Angeles on a charge of murder in the death of Ennis Cosby--the real-life son of beloved TV-life father Bill Cosby--observers could come to only one conclusion about Markhasev's newfound passion for weight lifting: he's getting ready for life inside...
...that the prosecution's case is a slam dunk: there is no physical evidence tying Markhasev to the murder last January on a freeway off-ramp near Brentwood, Calif., and the only eyewitness failed to identify Markhasev in a police lineup. Most of the case will rest on the easily impeachable testimony of various drug-taking and drug-dealing associates of the defendant's, and a friend who fingered him for a $100,000 bounty offered by the National Enquirer (the friend led cops to a wooded area where Markhasev supposedly hid the gun; police indeed found a pistol...
Darren Kavinoky, a lawyer who is no longer part of Markhasev's defense but claims to remain close to the suspect's family, says the Ukrainian emigre may find it impossible to enlist--much less afford--a top-notch defense, especially in a town where the victim's father is not only beloved but also powerful. Earlier in the case, Kavinoky tried to beef up Markhasev's defense team, approaching prominent law firms. None were willing to help. For example, says Kavinoky, "the message came through Robert Shapiro's office that no prominent attorney in this town will take this...
Despite pleading his innocence, Markhasev does not expect to be acquitted. In detention he is tough and macho, making statements to the sheriff's deputies that come very close to self-incrimination, according to internal case memos. Prosecutors, in fact, are considering calling some of the deputies to testify. Kavinoky says Markhasev is "very candid, very straightforward." His world view, though, has been practically Dostoevskian ever since he turned 15 and learned a secret about his father that the family won't discuss. The hard-working student with good grades was transformed overnight. Now, says Kavinoky, "he sees that...