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Court overturns rule on sentence of convicted man AUSTIN (AP) — The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals over turned Wednesday the murder con viction and death sentence of Sam- mie Felder Jr., who had been convicted twice in the slaying of a quadraplegic Korean War veteran. Three other capital murder con victions and death sentences were upheld, including that of Pamela Lynn Perillo, one of three women on Texas’ death row. Felder, who worked as an aide at an apartment complex for paralyzed people, was accused of robbing and fatally stabbing James Hanks in 1975 at the Houston complex. Hanks, 42, had been paralyzed from a Korean War injury. A camera and wallet were stolen from Hanks. Hanks’ body was found in his bed, in a pool of blood, on March 14, 1975. He had suffered stab wounds in both temples and cuts to his neck. Although still alive when found, he died four days later in a hospital. In overturning Felder’s second conviction, the appeals court said the trial judge should have rejected one potential juror which Felder’s lawyer had to excuse on a peremptory chal lenge. Later, after Felder’s peremp tory challenges were exhausted, an other “objectionable juror” was seated, the appeal contended. The case was returned to the trial court. Harris County authorities said they hoped to have the conviction reinstated or try the case again. “It was certainly a horrible, brutal crime, a sordid crime. And I’m cer tain that we will make every possible effort to . . . have the conviction af firmed on rehearing or to retry the case,” said Bill Delmore of the dis trict attorney’s office. According to court records, Felder first had been convicted in the case in 1976. That was over turned by a federal court ruling and a second trial was held in 1986. In the three other cases, the court upheld the convictions of: — Ms. Perillo, who was sentenced to death in the February 1980 slay ings of Robert Banks of Houston and his friend, Bob Skeens. Both men were strangled. According to court records, both men were strangled by two people pulling on opposite ends of a rope that had been wrapped around their necks. — Denton Alan Crank, sentenced to death in the slaying of Terry Oringderff of Houston. Oringderff, an employee of Rice Food Markets, was shot six or seven times in Jan uary 1984 after the store was robbed of more than $39,000 in cash. — John Cockrum, sentenced to death in the May 1986 shooting of Eva May, who was killed during a robbery of her store in DeKalb. Parents participate in decorating class through mail order Associated Press While millions of kids head back to school this fall, some parents will also be putting in time with the books by taking correspondence courses in interior decorating. Several entrepreneurs have hitched the principle of show and tell to the concept of mail order and come up with the idea of courses geared for do-it-yourself decorators as well as for those seeking career training. While there are no guarantees of jobs — The American Society of In terior Designers, for example, has no plans to recognize such courses, according to Bill Fellenberg, com munications director — a correspon dence course can enable an individ ual to become more comfortable with the idea of decorating a home. According to decorating author Mary Gilliatt, who recently com pleted writing a mail-order decorat ing course to be offered to the public in 1989, such courses can help indi viduals acquire decorating skills. The decorating assignments that are part of virtually all of the programs make Richards Continued from Page 1 wrong; we can’t know why it’s wrong,” he said. Dr. John Nottingham, a psychia trist from Houston, testified after Brown. Nottingham was contacted by A&M officials to review medical data on Richards. Nottingham re viewed the information in December 1986. Although Nottingham testified he was not sure exactly what he had previously said to the officials, he testified Wednesday that he “pro bably said the likelihood was that she (Richards) could not function under the stress of a classroom.” Malone’s objection about limited testimony referred to Maria O. Perez, a lecturer in the Modern Lan guages Department, who followed Nottingham on the stand. Perez said she preferred to testify only on her knowledge of Richards from 1981- 82. She testified that during that pe riod, she never graded tests or pro vided course outlines for Richards, and that Richards was never inco herent. After Perez finished. Dr. Tom Pollack, an associate professor of aerospace engineering and former chairman of the Tenure Advisory Committee, faced the committee to complete his testimony from Sept. 7. Pollack served on the TAG from 1983-86 and chaired the committee 1985-86. The TAG is an informal commit tee which takes no notes and has no attorneys present during the pro ceedings. The TAG is the second of four levels of appeals for faculty members. The TAG recommended in May 1986 that Richards be reinstated in the classroom. Pollack said there were between 25 and 50 pounds of documents provided by Dr. Clinton Phillips, dean of faculties, for that commit tee’s work. Pollack said the TAG was under pressure from then-President Frank Vandiver, through Phillips, to finish the investigation before the end of the Spring 1986 semester. it possible to experience decorating — something that is usually impossi ble to describe solely in words. “This is a visual world. By show ing what to do instead of just telling, you make it easier to learn," Gilliatt, said. This is especially important in decorating since so many people find it difficult or impossible to visu alize how a room will look on com pletion, she added. Two of the more widely-known courses are offered by the New York School of Interior Design and the Sheffield School of Interior Design, also in New York. Sheffield, which began operation in 1985, claims to have enrolled over 9,000 correspondence students since it opened. The New York School of Interior Design began offering courses in the 1920s. About 1,500 to 2,000 students are enrolled at a time, according to Steve McGaughey, who administers the home study pro gram. Beginning in 1989, TransDesigns of Woodstock, Ga., (which now sells home accessories through direct sales) will sell the Gilliatt course to the public. There also was pressure to finish because Fallon (liberal arts dean) was scheduled to leave town and the TAG would have needed to inter view him quickly, Pollack testified. He said later that Fallon was not in terviewed by the committee because Pollack decided Fallon had no evi dence the TAG had not heard al ready. Pollack said the pressure to reach a quick decision probably jeopar dized the TAC’s verdict adversely. Pollack also testified that Phillips pressured him into interviewing as many students as possible. He said around 50 of Richards’ former stu dents were interviewed by individual committee members, but no notes were kept at any time. Pollack testified that several mem bers of the TAG were worried about being accused of making the Univer sity’s case for them by keeping notes during the interview process. He told the committee there was a student “ring leader” identified who asked several persons to sign a letter of complaint against Richards. The only “medical testimony” that the TAG heard was the testimony of Dr. Anne Marie Elmquist, Modern Languages Department head from 1973 to 1983, Pollack said. He said the committee found Elmquist’s opinion that Richards’ illness would affect her in the classroom to be non-expert medical testimony. The final testimony Wednesday was that of Dr. Bart Lewis, an asso ciate professor of modern lan guages. Lewis testified that he has known Richards since spring 1974 and often had shared information on classes and teaching technique with her. He said he •recalled one occasion in 1984 when he helped evaluate the essay portion of one of Richards’ ex ams. He also testified that he never helped her prepare syllabi. He testified that he had four of Richards’ former students in Spring 1986 in his Spanish 206 class. He said they worked hard and received two As, a B and a C.. CASINO 89 Co-Chairman and Sub-Chairman Applications Due: Co-Chairman Oct. 3 Sub-Chairman Oct. 7 No Previous Casino Experience Required Must Live On-Campus Available in 215 Pavilioo RHA Office Or Contact Mark Spraque 260-3006 Sunday Special! 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