Word: retrial
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Hazard of Retrial. During a decade of legal maneuvering, Sheppard's lawyers tried a variety of appeals. They brought up claims of new evidence, argued that their client's rights had been violated, said that there had been judicial error. But not until they had exhausted all possible remedies in the state courts were they free to bring a habeas corpus proceeding in a federal court. But even this successful petition leaves the doctor's legal battles far from over...
Wilbur G. Holliugsworth, chairman of the Massachusetts Defenders Committee, said that he had won a number of retrial motions on the grounds that the defendant's rights had been violated by prejudicial coverage by the press. He did believe, however that most "harmful publicity" occurred only in "sensational" trials "like the Oawald case...
...case was probably so badly tried that it is unlikely there was no reversible error," Howe continued. Such an error would be grounds for a retrial...
...jury member, Mrs. James M. Paschal, help in getting a promotion (he was a state highway patrolman) if he would persuade his wife to vote for acquittal. > To a prospective juror, James C. Tippens, $10,000 for an acquittal vote. In addition to these charges, Hoffa faces a possible retrial of the original Nashville case, plus a separate trial in a federal court in Florida on charges of fraud and conspiracy in connection with a Teamster real estate venture. Despite these legal troubles, Hoffa still retains a firm grip on the steering wheel of his huge Teamsters Union. Only...
...retrial, Loughan was acquitted. He was still gloating when arrested on the steps of Old Bailey for another robbery and, after his 24th conviction, sent to prison for seven years...