Center For Constitutional Law And Justice

Lawyers for Damian Monroe Williams, who is charged with attempting to murder truck driver Reginald O. Denny during the riots last spring, asked a judge Thursday to dismiss the case. In a motion filed in Superior Court, Williams' new lawyers said that the firm that represented Williams during his preliminary hearing intentionally sabotaged his defense by allowing a statement that Williams made to police to be played. Williams says in that tape-recorded statement that he hit Denny with a rock.

Nothing is surprising anymore, say those in the black community who have followed the Rodney G. King beating case through the not guilty verdicts, the worst civil unrest in modern U.S. history and reports last week that a confidential Justice Department memo was leaked to the defense. "The worst thing about the leak, the thing that makes it so sad, is that it didn't really surprise me," said Ralph Sutton, a member of the Brotherhood Crusade.

The judge handling the trial of the three principal defendants in the Reginald O. Denny beating case said at a hearing Friday that he will rule by Jan. 22 on one attorney's motion that the charges be dropped because of sabotage. The hearing before Los Angeles Superior Court Judge John W. Ouderkirk was held to determine whether the Center for Constitutional Law and Justice improperly represented defendant Damian Monroe Williams in the preliminary hearing.

The judge handling the trial of the three principal defendants in the Reginald O. Denny beating case said at a hearing Friday that he will rule by Jan. 22 on one attorney's motion that the charges be dropped because of sabotage. The hearing before Los Angeles Superior Court Judge John W. Ouderkirk was held to determine whether the Center for Constitutional Law and Justice improperly represented defendant Damian Monroe Williams in the preliminary hearing.

Dennis Palmieri, who has represented a main defendant charged in the April 29 attacks on motorists at Florence and Normandie avenues, Friday accused his former law firm of slandering him and subverting his efforts in court. Until last week, Palmieri worked for the Center for Constitutional Law and Justice, but he was fired on the final day of a preliminary hearing for three suspects, including Damian Monroe (Football) Williams, whom Palmieri represented.

The judge overseeing the case of three men accused of beating truck driver Reginald O. Denny during the Los Angeles riots ordered Friday a hearing to determine whether a law firm hired by one of the defendants intentionally sabotaged his case. That allegation grows out of the unraveling of the Center for Constitutional Law and Justice, the firm that until two months ago represented Damian Monroe (Football) Williams. In the last several months, the firm has fired virtually its entire legal staff.

Nothing is surprising anymore, say those in the black community who have followed the Rodney G. King beating case through the not guilty verdicts, the worst civil unrest in modern U.S. history and reports last week that a confidential Justice Department memo was leaked to the defense. "The worst thing about the leak, the thing that makes it so sad, is that it didn't really surprise me," said Ralph Sutton, a member of the Brotherhood Crusade.

Two months ago, the Center for Constitutional Law and Justice was a brash young law firm representing one of the best-known criminal defendants in Los Angeles, the chief suspect in the attack on truck driver Reginald O. Denny. Today, five of the center's attorneys have been fired--one of them after he claimed to be an intellectual force behind the fall of communism--and the center's deputy director is sitting in jail in Arkansas, where he was arrested Wednesday.

In law--as in sports or on the battlefield--the best defense sometimes is a good offense. And no one is playing tougher offense than the lawyers who are defending one of four young men charged in the April 29 beating and robbery of truck driver Reginald O. Denny. With a fusillade of public comments, charges and insinuations, lawyers and a spokesman for the Center for Constitutional Law and Justice have launched what promises to be a no-holds-barred campaign for Damian Monroe (Football) Williams.

The mother of Damian Monroe (Football) Williams said Tuesday she has fired attorney Dennis Palmieri and hired Anaheim attorney Edi M.O. Faal, but said the change was unrelated to questions raised last week about Palmieri's stability. Georgiana Williams said the decision was based on her judgment that Faal "is the best."

Lawyers for Damian Monroe Williams, who is charged with attempting to murder truck driver Reginald O. Denny during the riots last spring, asked a judge Thursday to dismiss the case. In a motion filed in Superior Court, Williams' new lawyers said that the firm that represented Williams during his preliminary hearing intentionally sabotaged his defense by allowing a statement that Williams made to police to be played. Williams says in that tape-recorded statement that he hit Denny with a rock.

The judge overseeing the case of three men accused of beating truck driver Reginald O. Denny during the Los Angeles riots ordered Friday a hearing to determine whether a law firm hired by one of the defendants intentionally sabotaged his case. That allegation grows out of the unraveling of the Center for Constitutional Law and Justice, the firm that until two months ago represented Damian Monroe (Football) Williams. In the last several months, the firm has fired virtually its entire legal staff.

Two months ago, the Center for Constitutional Law and Justice was a brash young law firm representing one of the best-known criminal defendants in Los Angeles, the chief suspect in the attack on truck driver Reginald O. Denny. Today, five of the center's attorneys have been fired--one of them after he claimed to be an intellectual force behind the fall of communism--and the center's deputy director is sitting in jail in Arkansas, where he was arrested Wednesday.

Dennis Palmieri, who has represented a main defendant charged in the April 29 attacks on motorists at Florence and Normandie avenues, Friday accused his former law firm of slandering him and subverting his efforts in court. Until last week, Palmieri worked for the Center for Constitutional Law and Justice, but he was fired on the final day of a preliminary hearing for three suspects, including Damian Monroe (Football) Williams, whom Palmieri represented.

In law--as in sports or on the battlefield--the best defense sometimes is a good offense. And no one is playing tougher offense than the lawyers who are defending one of four young men charged in the April 29 beating and robbery of truck driver Reginald O. Denny. With a fusillade of public comments, charges and insinuations, lawyers and a spokesman for the Center for Constitutional Law and Justice have launched what promises to be a no-holds-barred campaign for Damian Monroe (Football) Williams.

In the midst of Tuesday's preliminary hearings for the three defendants charged with attacking motorists at Normandie and Florence avenues, the lead lawyer for Damian Monroe (Football) Williams, the main defendant, was abruptly fired by his law firm. The Center for Constitutional Law and Justice said it had fired Dennis Palmieri after a review of his work and resume. Judge Larry P.

A former attorney for one of the defendants in the case of four men charged in the beating of trucker Reginald O. Denny testified Thursday that he followed instructions of the firm's deputy director against his better judgment. The Los Angeles Superior Court hearing was held to determine whether the Center for Constitutional Law and Justice hired by Damian Monroe Williams sabotaged the case.