Word: shermans
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...affected speech is now slower than that shown on the tape, is testifying at the trial as a "third party suspect." He had been granted immunity in exchange for giving evidence against Ethel Kennedy's nephew Michael Skakel at a 1998 grand jury inquiry. Skakel's defense attorney Michael Sherman hopes that by presenting evidence that Littleton may have had a hand in the murder, there will be doubt cast among the jury regarding the alleged guilt of his client. The prosecution is opposed to any trial testimony about Littleton being a suspect. Now Judge John Kavanewsky will decide...
...Skakel, 41, who faces life in prison if found guilty of murdering his neighbor Moxley, was transfixed yesterday in court. His eyes darted back and forth between his attorney and Littleton during the question and answer exchanges. Sherman, armed with the videotape, attempted to show that Littleton did in fact admit to the murder. "You did say, you did it?" asked Sherman. "Correct," replied Littleton. Sherman: "Because she (Mary Baker) told you, you did?" "Correct," came the reply. Sherman: "Why would you do that?" Littleton: "I don't know...
...Clearly annoyed, defense attorney Michael Sherman told the jury the prosecution put O'Hara on the stand to tell them that Moxley flirted with Michael Skakel, part of the prosecution's theory of why he allegedly killed her. "That's what she's here for," he barked. Attempting to counter the testimony about Moxley's flirtations, he asked O'Hara: "Did that lead you to believe that someone was going to be murdered? Did you think "Oh my gosh, something horrible is going to happen?" "No," she replied...
...cross-examination. While Littleton cannot be charged, audio and videotape evidence that he confessed to the murder to his ex-wife could help Skakel's case. "We are looking to introduce evidence that not only did Michael Skakel not commit the crime, but someone else did," says Sherman. The jury will return on Monday...
...court, under cross-examination by defense attorney Michael Sherman, Lee said that he found no "direct evidence of this." No foreign blood and semen was found on Moxley1s body that would link Michael Skakel to the murder, as the defense consistently argued. Carver too had said that ultra-violet light tests had not found any trace of semen on the victim. A microscopic study of hair samples found at the crime scene showed them to be similar to those of Kenneth Littleton, who tutored Skakel and his older brother Thomas. Littleton had also been the focus of a police inquiry...