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.. ·MOTIONS:· .Offjcers~ .. Prior Acts Targeted
.Continued from B1 . , that 'no ~se of, force occurred. the government motions were trial, said the conflict of interest
~hUe the officers were driving him However, ~fter ~n ~vestiga~on made available! to the media. Asst. will prevent Briseno from getting· a
· m; patrol car. . prompte.d by the juvenile's com- u.·s~ Atty. Steven D. Clymer deM fair trial unless Stone is removed .
. . Powell stopped the car, opened · plaint, Koon Was' suspende~ 'for. clinea to comment. . Stone denied that there was any
Jhe re~ passeng~r door_and be~an ·,five days: ' . · Ih other motions· filed Monday, conflict, saying that he never met
: nun~hm~ the. st~ll-hand~uffe? JU· ;· The Bps~~p::incident inv~lve.$ a Briseno accused Powell's attorney, Briseno until he became Powell's
.~.ent~e wt~h hts ftst, c~rsmg ht~ as .·. previouslY,.~~ported June ~,4,, 1987,·· StoQe 1 ·of ·confliqt of inte~est and attorney.
.. ~e~tdso, the document say~ . · · arre_st of:A ~an 4~1ng. a ch,ild, · asked for a ~earing before Judge A hearing on Briseno's request
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f h . . , f j I .abuse investigation. :· · · .: · :· John::a: Davies to ask for Stone's has not been ·set If stone is
· ter t e JUvem 1 e s ace was · .. ·· ~ · )· · · . · · · . ·
. . bloodied Powell's artner .. : ~fter t~t~ ~an ~as ha~d~uf~ed~ ... ~e~~val fr~m the case. . removed from the case, the trial
ul~ed him a~a 'accordinp to the '.... Brts~~o·:~t9Jl1P~d ~tm.oq:th~,:~P~~k·~·.:.'· :'.I .., . . . . could be delayed months while a
,!ourt document~ On the wa} to the . and .was s~~ended for 6~ ~~r~l ~He, .: B· srud tha~ at tlie time .of new attorney becomes acquainted
' ·,~ 'f:, ~ , . . ~~~.~J .JQng p.eatmg, Stone , w.~s .. with the case, Braun said.
s ~ ton, owe · s~1 e oy · e ..· Th~· document .. add~; ,that:i: the · ser.ving as--general counsel for the ·
served the beatmg and falsely· r ., '1 · · .·:: · ~ · • . :·t' ·· . ·: ~ " · ..··1F . ·! : . • • • •
. .t. t' P 11 'd th . b . d .. , cpur~ doc~~~~t S~Y~·: . . : .
reported to superiors.that the inju ... s~mping: ;~h8w~d. ~~ pat~r~ .by. ! L~~:· :~nge~es; Pollee .Protective ·All four officers challenged the
ri~s resulted from the juvenile's. Brts~no. ~h~t belles his d~fen~~ in .. , !Aa~~~r. m.e~,mo~·th~t, m ef~ect, he.
federal indictment in motions
resistance while being handcuffed. : t~e · c~rr~n~ .~ase ~hat h~ .. ~ut ~is · .r~pr.~~~nte/4: Brt~eno, 1who was a · saying that the officers' prosecu-
Powell's attorney, Michael · P, . f~ot.o~.Kmg in an eff~rt ~ 0 p~qt~~t , ·In~~~e~.qf.tlie leagu~. . . · tion is ·.double jeopardy because
Stone, said he had never· heafd. of I hlm from. fur.th~r-.beating ~~ P~w • E.~t.. Stone, .~~c~rdmg t~ •.Brt~eno,
they had been tried in state court.
the incident, and he would ~eek to·· . ell ang Wmd. . . . ' · a~t~mpted to · e~tscerate Brtse?· The first trial resulted in not guilty
~have it disallowed!, · · · ·'" . · . ·· · 9 s. ·?~~ense ~Url~g t~e · s~ate .trtal ·verdicts except for Powell, who
In the Koon incident the ·docu· ~r~e court docu~~nts r~fer ~~an tQatr.~sulted m ~otgull~y ~erdlCts. was acquitted on all but one cha ge
d 'b d s 't 28 1986 · · unnameq pollee .;offt~er :who. . ··:DQrmg the trJal; Brt~eno broke .·. . r
ments escr1 e. a ep. , ,. 't d 'th 1987 ,. 1
_~ 1.t.;1B . f .. th thr th d t . d t for whtch a jury could not agree on
.arrest after a police pursuit of a .. WI nesse .. . .~. ·. ., . me, a~~ .:l' :: ~~ .:· .. r~~ · .-. e. ee o er .elen an s, a verdict .
. 'StQlen car. A juvenile occupant, , . ca.us~ 9f ~qa~ .~~ct4~n~,. t~e~off~~~~ . ~~s~~frlqg that he h~d tried to st~p. Powell and Koon each filed mo·
wh6 fled after the car crashed, was·:-· was ~Q~~·~Q ~e~ognizeiB~sepq;1fP~r t~~ll11;u~e of e~cesstve force. Bn· . . . ,
. · t d t · t b K · . . year~ .later when watching 1televi· ·· seno· said Stone introduced several t10ns seekmg to have Bnseno s
~~~P.Dur~ a gthunpom ty oon.f th .' I ' sion, new~; and se~ing the amateur. pollee officers as witnesses in the tri~l severed from their own. Wind
urmg e arres one 0 e ,. j • • · "" .. • • ·· • • • • · • f'led 1 a motion seeking to have h's
offt~ers pushed the juve~ile against·":;; ~d~~~~ ·take~ pf. th~. Iqp~ ~~a~." ., . tr\a},\yho testified~ga~~st him. · · . d f h 1
a~~all and punche~.~im in the dQ~·· :·>· 1 , , •• ·; •• ·:··· •• ·: ·\ •• • .: • ·,·,'.'.: •. casesevere romtheothe~t ree.
head," the court document says. ~~ l: (:~r~ The .)o~ficer was: apl~;·Jn.s~~Uy · ·Briseno sa1d Stone attempted to . Koon, ~nd the .governm.ent al~o
"While that officer wa8 holding tlie.)/ ~9 r~~ggni~ defen~ant:B~,ls~ng lje... ·:..,:; · P.~t together, as part of the trial ftled. ~ot1ons askmg that JUrors m
ju,enile, defendant· Koon kic~~d p;~uM;!!~!~~~~~~m~~q~,i ,~e~!WQ~~ . ~::tf~irhi Valley, a fa~se d~fense to· , ~t~~ .. c~se. ~e. sequestered and that
the· juvenile two ·time.~, in. : tq~:~.:;·I!W9~:1W~~1 m~~i:~nY.~~~~~~;~~::i~~.., ;·· -· m~~n~e m~. a.s .. P~t of the p~lice .. ·. ~hetr 1denttt1es be kept secret.
c.hest" .; .. :~: ::. ··:. ·.:: !~~t!~} J ~P~~rh~~ntt~mq4M ~~~r!!:/]t, l~.!~·- ·;;,,. ~code .of.._sil~ncer:~.;B~ls~~q's· atto:~: · D~vies has .sched~led a Nov. 12
The court docume~t aheg~~ t~~v . J :~' Att~roeY:SI{Qp~Bris~~o 1:i~qpm~pd(., ney, Harland W.· :Br~~n,.\who ~d· :hearmg for d1scusston of the mo-
Koon then reported 'to s~pet~M~~~~~ 1 WiM::i~~ma~··~9~~~ :r~a~.~~~lf:~f~~~t· not represent him··9qr.~~g ~the ~t~te ..::,. tjo~s file~.·
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