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lapital murder trial of Navy cadet
lay mirror soured relationship
RTWORTH (AP) — A former
Academy cadet urged her
lend to kill her romantic rival
reaming “shoot her, kill her,
her,” the defendant’s one-
jest friend testified Monday,
iring the first day of testimony
une Zamora’s capital murder
Kristina Mason said that days
;he killing her friend had con-
that the couple plotted to
Adi ianne Jones’ neck and
5 her body in a lake,
it Zamora said she got agitated
hacked Jones sooner than the
B e had planned, Mason said.
V her they had taken her out to a
I Diane lost control and began
her with a weight over the
she testified.
e also said that during a late-
cpnversation at Mason’s
e, Zamora admitted she de-
Jed boyfriend David Graham
d Jones.
imora is accused in the slay-
! f Jones, allegedly carried out
Lialiacion for a one-time high-
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school fling she had with Graham.
Zamora was a freshman at the
Naval Academy and Graham was
in his first year at the Air Force
Academy when they were charged
in September 1996.
According to statements Gra
ham and Zamora have given police,
they lured Jones to a secluded road,
Zamora hit the girl with a dumbbell
weight, then Graham shot her in the
head when she tried to flee.
Prosecutors allege Zamora told
several friends and her family about
the killing.
Later, Mason testified that
Zamora told her David had killed
the girl to “prove his love.”
Defense attorney John Linebarger
pressed Mason during cross-exami
nation to explain why she did not
come forward sooner with her testi
mony and why she at first told a grand
jury that she did not know about
Zamora’s alleged role in the killing.
“I was scared that she (Zamora)
would kill me if I told...or someone
would come after me,” Mason said.
Linebarger also suggested that
Mason might have concocted de
tails of her story after reading a writ
ten confession by Graham that was
“I was scared that
she (Zamora) would
kill me if I told ... or
someone would
5)
come after me.
Kristina Mason
Trial witness
published in a local newspaper.
After several minutes of ques
tioning, State District Judge Joe Dra-
go seemed irritated with the de
fense, which at times began to ask
for details about Zamora’s friends.
“At this rate we won’ finish dur
ing my lifetime,” Drago said, urg
ing attorneys to speed up their
questioning. Drago also up
held several prosecution objec
tions saying that the questions
were irrelevant or would force Ma
son to speculate.
Early Monday, prosecutors used
their opening statements to portray
a cold and calculated plot allegedly
carried out by Zamora and Graham.
“Like a puzzle when the pieces
are fit together you will see a bru
tal and senseless murder commit
ted by this woman and her
boyfriend.” assistant prosecutor
Michelle Hartman said'.
Hartman emphasized that after
the killing Zamora went on with life
as usual, going to school, scoring
well on tests and dating Graham.
Linebarger told jurors that phys
ical evidence from the crime scene
would contradict the prosecution’s
allegations. He portrayed Zamora
as a caring woman focused on her
family and academics.
Morales suggests contempt-of-court order
AUSTIN (AP) — Attorney General Dan
□rales suggested Monday that a Republican
*‘Vanning for his job and several state lawmak-
s should be held in contempt of court by a
deral judge who ap-
oved Texas’ $15.3 billion
bacco settlement.
GOP attorney-general
>peful John Cornyn and
j e lawmakers filed mo
ms with the Texas
ipreme Court challeng-
g $2.3 billion in attorney
es to private lawyers who
ilped represent the state.
U.S. District Judge
avid Folsom approved
ie deal last month in which the tobacco in-
astry agreed to pay billions for the state’s costs
’M't treating tobacco-related illnesses.
“Ifjl were the judge, I certainly would have to
. ,onsi<ier the prospect of imposing sanctions for
’'ontempt, given that his order squarely spelled
Morales
out that he retained exclusive jurisdiction and
that any objections that were to be raised must
be raised in front of him,” Morales, a Democrat
who is not running for re-election, said.
“These candidates... are really playing with
fire in terms of waving a red flag in front of a
federal district court who has warned them not
to use his court and not to use him for their po
litical purposes.”
Striking at Cornyn, Morales added, “All they
care about is getting their name in the news
paper because they’re running last in a three-
person race in a Republican primary for attor
ney general."
Morales has not asked for a contempt order
but noted that such action is an option in pa
pers filed with the court.
Cornyn, a former Supreme Court justice,
said only the state court can determine
Morales’ duty under the state constitution.
“To hold a press conference and denounce
the persons who are seeking to challenge him
... demonstrates that he (Morales) has very se
rious concerns about the legality of his actions,
and he’ll stop at nothing to prevent a proper
court from deciding whether he has acted
within his authority,” Cornyn said.
Cornyn’s campaign manager disputed
Morales’ assessment of the race among
Cornyn, Barry Williamson and Tom Pauken.
The Supreme Court cannot act on the chal
lenges filed with it because Morales has filed a mo
tion to move them to the federal court, according
to Morales’ office. Cornyn plans to file a petition
to move his challenge back to the state court.
Morales emphasized he is not including in
his criticism Senate Finance Committee Chair
Bill Ratliff, R-Mount Pleasant, and House Ap
propriations Committee Chair Robert Junell,
D-San Angelo. They filed a separate challenge
on the expenditure of the settlement money.
Morales called them sincere.
Rep. Kyle Janek, one of seven lawmakers
who challenged the attorney fees Friday, de
fended the action as an effort to ensure tax
payer money is properly spent.
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