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...other three teams at the top of the league worse that it did Princeton. Number-three Penn lost a trio of players from last year's squad: Diane Angstadt was player of the year in the league last year and a member of the U.S. national team while Julie Heller and Deb Censist were both first-team...
...last week the case was open again, wide open. It was learned that during preliminary proceedings for the trial, State Supreme Court Justice Kenneth Browne ruled that prosecutors could not use the confessions as evidence. Browne's reasoning: the defendants' lawyer, Mark Heller, had shown such poor judgment in allowing them to admit to the crimes that they had in effect been denied the right to counsel. Consequently, their statements to police were unfairly secured and could not be used against them. Heller's representation of his clients, wrote Browne in a 47-page opinion, "reflects...
Browne's ruling came on a motion filed last summer by two defense attorneys who took over the case after the defendants had dismissed Heller. The two faulted their predecessor for not seeking a quid pro quo when the youngsters confessed, such as a reduced charge or a promise of leniency. Said one of the lawyers, Al Gaudelli: "There was no deal. How is that in his clients' best interests...
Queens District Attorney John Santucci, who is prosecuting the case, was outraged. Pointing out that his assistants had read each suspect his rights with Heller present, Santucci asked, "What else am I supposed to do to protect him? Give the man's lawyer a bar exam?" Criminal law experts tended to agree that Browne's ruling went too far. Said Columbia Law Professor Richard Uviller: "It makes the court guarantee that the advice a lawyer gives his client is sound. There's no precedent for that...
...because sales are slow. Good crops and heavy livestock production so far this year should moderate food price increases in the months ahead. Finally, a stronger U.S. dollar will make the costs of imported goods lower and keep pressure on domestic companies to hold down their prices. Walter Heller, President Kennedy's chief economic adviser, concludes that the U.S. is "virtually guaranteed a lull in inflation for most of the year...