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THE BATTALION
MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1981
State / National
Brilab trial jury selection goes on
United Press International
NEW ORLEANS — The third
week of jury selection begins
Monday in the federal Brilab trial,
with defense attorneys holding a
dwindling number of challenges.
Prosecutors plan to start testi
mony by the end of the week.
U.S. District Judge Morey L.
Sear has questioned more than
100 members of the jury pool and
qualified 44. But both sides have
used their court-granted “strikes”
to cut all but nine.
Prosecutors, who began with
18 challenges, have six left. De
fense lawyers, who were allotted
30, have nine remaining. When 12
jurors iire seated, each side will be
given five additional challenges
for the process of picking six alter
nates.
Re:puted Mafia boss Carlos
Marcello and former state Com-
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missioner of Administration
Charles Roemer and three other
defendants are charged with rack
eteering, conspiracy and fraud.
All five — including veteran
state aide Aubrey Young,
Washington lobbyist I. Irving
Davidson and New Orleans attor
ney Vincent Marinefio — pleaded
innocent to participation in a
scheme to pay bribes and kick-
backs to public officials in ex
change for their help in obtaining
state insurance business.
The alleged conspiracy took
place at the height of the 1979
gubernatorial campaign. The de
fense was expected to argue that if
any money changed hands, it was
in the form of political contribu
tions.
Sear, at the request of defense
attorneys, has asked prospective
jurors whether they have formed
an opinion based on pre-trial pub
licity or Marcello’s decades-old
reputation as a figure in organized
crime.
One member of the jury pool,
who was later eliminated by the
defense, looked at Marcello across
the courtroom and said “he looks
like a kindly old gentleman to
Another prospective juror re
jected Friday said he had heard
the 71-year-old defendant was a
member of the Mafia. But he
added “I don’t think such a thing
exists anymore, since Al Capone.”
Another eliminated juror said
an acquaintance told him Marcello
had helped several people get
started in different jobs.
“I couldn’t find him guilty, ” the
man said. “I think there are some
politicians up there who are just as
guilty as he is.”
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ODESSA — A district judge, acting at the request of the local
newspaper, has ordered the city to release information about appli
cants for the vacant police chief s job.
District Judge Joe Connally ruled Friday in favor of the Odessa
American, which had requested information on the applicants from
city manager Kerry Sweatt March 18.
Following the decision, Sweatt said he would release the names and
professional qualifications of the 14 applicants Monday. The position,
which pays $33,240 a year, has been vacant since the March 4 resigna
tion for former Chief Jack Tomlin.
Attorney General Mark White had issued three separate opinions
saying the newspaper was entitled to the information, but Connally’s
ruling marked the first time it was backed up by a judge.
Suits were filed by both the city and the newspaper over whether
the names should be released.
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DALLAS — An argument
out proper manners led to
shooting death of a man who
been visiting a friend to wish
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