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.":. reasons for believing that :.~Sone,
~· has a conflict of interest;r:-buti
Stone's law firm also repr~i~nt~l
Koon in a civil suit. That .qmldl
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l;j • mean that Stone has acces~ to!
bl privileged material regawingl
· ·-' Koon, and if Koon's interest!i,·and!
. Powell's diverge during the t'il,-i~f
"' _; could create a conflict. :: _ ~- - -!;
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Koon will try to have :;J~ 1 Already, one issue. appe~,~- tq.
counsel for Powell ··'!~ ; separate Powell and Koon, -~on~!
:;:. :. filed a motion last month se.4}ting;
removed in the federal'ltt ·: to limit expert testimony on tJt~.use:
trial of four LAPD J1q. ' of force by police officers. K"ilon!~.
. ;~ ; defense is largely based otf'. th1:
officers.
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·~di ' premise that the effort to subdue:
• sr8> ·: King was a proper use of forc~so if• Salzman added that he does not
-B-y J_I_M_N_E_Wf_O_N ____,-:'~961"-':,.-:-_.,....~..: Stone's motion is granted, it ·39uld; endorse Braun's claims that Stone
TIMES STAFF WRITER l.li!J, ; hurt Koon. .. !: acted improperly during the.-stat¢
· -~- j Neither Salzman nor StonEPwa('!i trial. Salzman said he would itlf?rril
A feud among lawyers t re,- . available for comment Thursaay. ~ the judge of his reasons for b~1evt
senting the four Los ~nge!:~ . -~~~~: Salzmar's motion makes hitf_f th~ ing that Stone has a confl~ct in thi~
officers cha7ge,d ~I.th. VIOJ¥.i_ng~·second lawyer in the case to (fuesJj case but would do so m clos':~
Rodney G. Kings c~vil nghts:wd-~ tion Stone's right to reprdsen~. session because those re~ons -ar~
ened Thursday, as the attorn~ for!' Powell. Braun launched a blister,• covered by the confidential relat
Sgt. Stacey C. Koon filed ~~U'-11 ing attack on Stone last niDnthj;, tionship between a lawyer and his
ments suggesting that he ~t!Yjj':accusing him of orche~tratiftg ·cjl client. _ ~ . ;
to have one of ·the .otP_e~ ~~1lS~~:.police code of silence u8etl :tq; For his part, Powell se~m~
attorneys removed from t:n~_~ .. -It !thwart Briseno during the:l~tat~
The move ~y la~er fra ~~~;· case. Stone angrily denied rbhos~,
mystified and disturbed by. thT
legal maneuvering to oust' hi's at-:­
threa~ens to Jeopardize the p~~~IOnif·,charges and asked U.S. Districq torney. . -!; . J
of M1chae~ P. Stone, whp .1:eP,re-·.. Judg~ J~hn w. Da,.,es to scliqdtllEf. "I don't know anY,thmg about,lt, ~
sen~ed Officer ~a~enc~ M. f~Vi~ll~l·.a hearing so that Stone.coul!tJtl~. he said. "As far as I m concemed;.J
durmg the offtcer s tri~ · on:rt,~tel his name.- . . . ) !< intend to keep Mike Stone ~y
charges and continues to rept~nt:: 1 ·f~· · . 1; attorney, and I'll fight for that tQ
him as they face federal ciyil~ptsi~ Af~er Braun filed his a}J.e'~alt! the end." ·---&.
charges. Salzman said in h1s mQ'tl~n;t: . tions, prosecutors took~~ unJ{·
that he believes Stone may M.ve.~li usual step ofsiding with Stot?-.!3o'b.uf
c~nflict of int7rest that woulMor~~-~~ they also s.uggested that ·,!hll~.
him to step astde. .. ,.._ .. (: Briseno's clrums were not support1;
"This basically knoc;:ks Stqn~:~, able, the other co-defenr¥.-nt~
out," said attorney HarlaJ;J.d.;.";"'W 1' might have the right to chaiJ~n·g~:
Braun, who represents The~~9fe·J.,I Stone. Prosecutors suggesteq!tha~
Briseno and who has openlJij: each of the other defen,dants·
clashed with Stone for weeks~~Th~l. should be asked to provide v1')tte~
government has conceded 1 .~h~~~ waivers saying that they ~!:!: no~,
there's a conflict, and now K~n u~1 believe Stone has a confllli~ of.'
saying he won't waive it." •. ~ · p interest. -;" - ~:
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, · . _w 1: Each of the other officer~Psup+
f Salzman s ef~ort 1s success~ul~; plied those waivers in the·:State
it could result m the case:J¥lmg! case but this time Koon1 has
split, or it could for~e Pow~)}. t_q refu~ed. ' · .I
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fmd a new lawyer. E1ther w~, 1~, "Defendant Stacey C. ·Kooti
woul~ likely d~lay the proc7e{ijngs~! hereby expressly revokes" th~
and lf Stone IS r~moved, lt~qpulql waiver of conflict that was execut-;
pos~pone the tr1al-now se.t. tof ed and filed with the Los Angeles
begm on Feb. 2-for months. r • Superior Court on Jan. 13,. ·1992
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and shall waive no conflicts· of
Interest," Salzman said in his! mo+
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REMOVAL SOUGHT OF LAWYER
IDN KING CASE
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