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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1996
Page
9
Ector County DA John Smith explains dismissals hinge on concurrent convictions and plea deals. He notes many suspects face multiple counts, and pursuing redundant trials wastes time and money. In 1992 the office dismissed 93 cases due to other convictions, below 98 in 1991.
Retired Army Colonel Les Brownlee, born in Pampa and raised in Odessa, was named staff director for the Senate Armed Services Committee by Sen. Strom Thurmond. A Vietnam veteran with two silver stars and a purple heart, Brownlee will lead defense bill drafting amid a demanding schedule.
Jurors start Tuesday for the retrial of Willard Michael Simmons, an Odessa man convicted of killing topless dancer Cherry Lane Richmond in April 1992. The Texas Court of Appeals overturned the 1993 murder conviction due to a judge's error denying inmate testimony.
A Hungarian folk story recalls God and the Devil shaping the world. The Devil seeks to help but misuses sand, burning himself as he calls his name. God tasks the Devil to fetch sand. nine days pass as the Devil’s plan backfires, darkening his shade with each failure.
Severe thunderstorms lashed West Texas and New Mexico with hail up to golfball size in Odessa and grapefruit to softball size near Denver City and Seminole. Tornado warnings were issued for multiple counties but no tornadoes confirmed. power outages noted in Gaines County and damage reports included a windmill toppled near Tatum New Mexico.
Tyler lawmaker Ted Kamel proposes a red license plate bearing DWI for convicted drunken drivers to deter alcohol impaired crashes. The plan draws ACLU criticism as humiliating and akin to stocks, while some local lawyers call it overkill though ED County DA John Smith supports the concept with conditions.
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