By KEN RITTER
LAS VEGAS — O.J. Simpson filed court papers seeking dismissal of half the charges against him, saying prosecutors in Nevada failed to meet legal standards to prosecute him for kidnapping, robbery and conspiracy, his lawyer said Friday.
“We’re challenging things that we think should never have been let go to the District Court,” said the attorney, Gabriel Grasso.
Grasso filed court papers Thursday claiming prosecutors didn’t meet the evidentiary standards to prosecute the former football star on six of the 12 charges against him. [Read more →]
By LINDA DEUTSCH
LAS VEGAS — Hands cuffed at his waist and a defeated expression on his face, O.J. Simpson listened to a judge blister him Wednesday for “arrogance or ignorance or both” for breaking bail terms in a robbery case.
“I don’t know, Mr. Simpson, what the heck you were thinking, or maybe that’s the problem — you weren’t,” Clark County District Judge Jackie Glass lectured as she doubled his bail to $250,000.
Simpson posted bond and was released from jail just after 11 p.m. Simpson walked out by himself and quickly got into a white Mercedes and was driven away without commenting to the dozen members of the news media on hand.
Galanter had earlier said Simpson would post the deed to his home. [Read more →]
By KEN RITTER
LAS VEGAS — O.J. Simpson is due in court today as his attorney denies the former football star violated his bail agreement in a motion asking that his client be again let out of jail to await trial in his armed robbery case.
Attorney Gabriel Grasso’s three-page document, filed late Tuesday, urges a judge to reject Clark County District Attorney David Roger’s effort to have Simpson jailed without bail until his April 7 trial.
Clark County District Court Judge Jackie Glass was to hear arguments on the request Wednesday.
Simpson, 60, will appear in court after spending five nights and four days at the Clark County jail, where police said he had been cooperative after arriving late Friday from Florida in the custody of his bail bondsman, Miguel Pereira. [Read more →]
By KEN RITTER
LAS VEGAS — O.J. Simpson was in jail Saturday, accused of violating terms of his bail in an armed robbery case, after a bondsman told authorities the former football star tried to get him to pass a message to a co-defendant.
Simpson was awaiting a Wednesday court hearing, when prosecutors planned to request that […]
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By KEN RITTER
LAS VEGAS — O.J. Simpson is in custody in Florida on allegations that he violated terms of his release on bail by calling one of his co-defendants in a Las Vegas armed robbery case, a court official said Friday.
Prosecutors allege that Simpson, identifying himself as “Miguel,” telephoned Clarence “C.J.” Stewart on Nov. 16 […]
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O.J. Simpson, flanked by his lawyers Gabriel Grasso, right, and Yale Galanter, pleaded not guilty during his arraignment in Las Vegas, Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ethan Miller)
By KEN RITTER
LAS VEGAS — O.J. Simpson stood before a judge Wednesday and firmly spoke a phrase he has uttered in other courtrooms in the past: “Not guilty.”
This time the former […]
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By KEN RITTER
LAS VEGAS — O.J. Simpson returns to court Wednesday to enter a plea and get a trial date in the alleged kidnapping and armed robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers.
Simpson and co-defendants Clarence “C.J.” Stewart and Charles “Charlie” Ehrlich are expected to plead not guilty to 12 charges lodged against them two weeks […]
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O.J. Simpson walks out of the Clark County Regional Justice Center Wednesday after learning he and two co-defendants will go to trial on armed robbery and kidnapping charges. (Richard Brian /LAS VEGAS SUN)
The media circus may be dying down a bit today in the alleged O.J. Simpson armed robbery, kidnapping case — but not for […]
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Here’s a look at a timeline for the major events in the O.J. Simpson armed robbery and kidnapping case; and the charges and penalties faced by Simpson and two co-defendants, Clarence “C.J.” Stewart and Charles “Charlie” Ehrlich:
TIMELINE
Aug. 21 — Memorabilia dealer Thomas Riccio tells FBI agents that Simpson wants to televise a confrontation with […]
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