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Attorneys 9 arguments
in kidnapping trial end
R.I.
United Press International
GALVESTON — A prosecu-
or Thursday urged jurors to
onvict Ronald Floyd White of
kidnapping and burying alive
iis former employer’s son, but a
defense lawyer argued White
vas a victim who should be ac-
juitted for insanity.
White, 38, was accused of kid-
[lapping Michael Baucom, 22, of
Santa Fe, for ransom Sept. 21
and burying him alive for five
days in a box near Conroe, 70
miles to the north. Baucom was
freed unharmed. No ransom
was paid.
“I ask you to bring back a
verdict you can be proud of, a
verdict of guilt,” prosecutor Jim
James said in final arguments.
Defense lawyer Elmo Schwab
told the jury in his final argu
ment White should be found in
nocent by reason of insanity be
cause he was a victim of his own
mental state and possibly the vic
tim of a larger plot.
“It’s the only reasonable ver
dict that’s fair to both victims,”
Schwab said.
Schwab suggested through
out the trial someone else duped
White into a plot to extract
money from Baucom’s father,
Benny Baucom.
But James struck hard and
angrily at the defense sugges
tion White was either a victim or
legally insane at the time of the
kidnapping.
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Chief not invited to party
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decided not to invite Police
Chief Charles Rodriguez to the
group’s annual Christmas party,
angering some rank and file
officers who called the
“stupid.
The decision by the SAPOA
has prompted at least two offic
ers to resign from the police
association.
“I have been a member for 30
years, and in that time the asso
ciation has made some mistakes
but not one as stupid as not invit
ing the chief of police to the
Christmas party,” Sgt. Horace
Neaves wrote in a resignation
letter Wednesday.
“I think at the very least it is a
stupid move,” said Lt. Javier
Moreno, who also resigned. “All
the other chiefs have been in
vited.”
Rodriguez, recently hired
from the Los Angeles County
Shreiffs Department, angered
SAPOA officials last week by
saying he wanted the option of
going outside the department to
hire two non-union assistants.
The union objected to Rodri
guez’s appointment in the first
place because the city picked the
juniors
new chief from outside tin
partment.
SAPOA President RoIk
Rudewick and Vice PresiJ
Billy Wolf declined commeiJ
the decision not to allow
including the chief, to attend
annual party.
But many officers criti
the decision, saying!
officials were misrepresent
their fellings.
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