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By Kevin Uhrich
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1 LOS ANGELES - For the second time in two I
weeks, attorneys for four Los Angeles police officers
accused of beating Altadena resident Rodney
, Glen King asked for more time Friday in entering
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· pleas for their clients.
Over the objections of Deputy District Attorney I
Terry White, Superior Court Judge Gary Klausner
reluctantly gave the defense until Tuesday morn- I-~-
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~g to review .evide~ce -: particularly the famed 'I A. throng of reporters jamme~.
' videotape of Kmg bemg kicked ~nd beaten repeat- 1 the hallway to the county Crimiedly
with police batons March 3 - before filing · nal Courts building Friday a half
any motions or pleas w~th ~he court. . hour before Sgt. Stacey Koon, 40,
Klausner expressed his displeasure With the de- ·and officers Laurence Powell 28
lay to. th~ qefe1,1;se attorneys, telling them, "The . f~mo~hy Wind·,. 30, an!i ThE!odor~
IS tlckm~. Briseno,. 38;.- wer:e scheduled~ rto
Attorneys for the four defendants told Klausner enter. · :"' · ··· ~~ 'l
· that they had not had an opportunity to review all I four -offieers came to· court
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of the videotape, . ~ortions of which have been I' 1 dressed in suits and ties and qur:·,
, broadcast on televiSion stations around the world. 1 etly walked into 1:he courtroom,.
· They ~so said they plan to challenge the filing I shielded by their attorneys and·
: of felony charges against two of the officers for /: sh.eriff's deputte§. .
allegedly filing false police reports after the inci- ;\, The officers, who are free on I
dent. Until the law was changed last year, filing a i, bail, have been indicted by the
false police report was a misdemeanor.
j! county grand jury on a variety·
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f The defense attorneys, wh? were retained by tl!-el of. charges. All.: four are charged
Los Angeles Police Protective League, also ·Saldl Wlth assault With a deadly weap­
. they plan to challenge a provisioh of Proposi· I on by force likely to _produce
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tion 115, a measure approved by voters last year· great bodily injury and ~.ssault
that eliminates preliminary. hearings after county flVldef the color of authql'lty: ·· ' ~~
grand jury indictments. , Koon, PoweJI and Wll,ld also 1 ..·
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gation of .attempting to inflict·
great bodily injury on 'King.
Koon and Powell are charged
, with filing false report$·, and
Koon, who was the officer in '
charge at the scene,is charged.
separately, with one count of be·
ing an accessory after the fact to
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assault with a ·deadly weapon.
The .officers have 60 days from
· their' first appearance before 1
Klausner to· enter· pleas. Nqne of
, the officers has waived his right·
· to a speedy trial.
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