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Lawyers for Sniper Suspect Want Copy of Police Interrogation
Aired December 30, 2002 - 14:33 ET
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KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: A pivotal hearing this afternoon in the D.C. area sniper case. Lawyers for teenage suspect John Lee Malvo want a copy of his seven-hour police interrogation. They've gone to court to get it.
For developments, we go to CNN's Patty Davis who's covering the hearing in Fairfax, Virginia -- Patty.
PATTY DAVIS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, in fact, Kyra, they will get a copy of those statements, a judge ordering prosecutors to turn over any statements that John Lee Malvo, 17-year-old sniper suspect, made to police in Prince William County and Fairfax County, Virginia -- turn them over to Malvo's legal team. Malvo's lawyers certainly a victory here. They had wanted that information because they're saying they need every possible scrap of information to be able to defend their client as best they can.
Malvo dressed in a green prison uniform today, noticeably thinner, looking, so very, very young. He had his hands resting -- his head resting in his hands, speaking to his court appointed guardian at times during this proceeding.
Now, sources have told CNN that Malvo during that interrogation, did tell police that indeed he pulled the trigger. He fired the shot that killed 47-year-old FBI analyst Linda Franklin in Falls Church, Virginia, outside the Home Depot.
One interesting tidbit here today from prosecutors. They say -- it has been reported, that the statement, the interrogation, lasted seven hours. Prosecutors saying that that is not the case. It did not last seven hours. But they would not go into detail. One asked later about how long police did talk to Malvo for.
Now, Malvo's next big court appearance, January 14 and 15. That is his preliminary hearing, to decide whether this case should go to trial or not. A judge at that time will decide also whether Malvo should be tried as an adult -- Kyra.
PHILLIPS: Meanwhile, Patty, what's the status of John Muhammad?
DAVIS: Well, John Muhammad is in a Prince William County jail. He will be tried separately from John Lee Malvo. And he has been charged with the killing of Dean Meyers who was spot at a Sunoco station near Manassas, Virginia. His trial date had been set for October 14, ironically a year after Linda Franklin -- a year to the date after Linda Franklin was killed at that Home Depot. And about a year after the three-week terror spree, when the sniper killings took place here in the Washington, D.C., area -- Kyra.
PHILLIPS: All right. Patty Davis, live from Fairfax, Virginia. Thank you.
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Aired December 30, 2002 - 14:33 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: A pivotal hearing this afternoon in the D.C. area sniper case. Lawyers for teenage suspect John Lee Malvo want a copy of his seven-hour police interrogation. They've gone to court to get it.
For developments, we go to CNN's Patty Davis who's covering the hearing in Fairfax, Virginia -- Patty.
PATTY DAVIS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, in fact, Kyra, they will get a copy of those statements, a judge ordering prosecutors to turn over any statements that John Lee Malvo, 17-year-old sniper suspect, made to police in Prince William County and Fairfax County, Virginia -- turn them over to Malvo's legal team. Malvo's lawyers certainly a victory here. They had wanted that information because they're saying they need every possible scrap of information to be able to defend their client as best they can.
Malvo dressed in a green prison uniform today, noticeably thinner, looking, so very, very young. He had his hands resting -- his head resting in his hands, speaking to his court appointed guardian at times during this proceeding.
Now, sources have told CNN that Malvo during that interrogation, did tell police that indeed he pulled the trigger. He fired the shot that killed 47-year-old FBI analyst Linda Franklin in Falls Church, Virginia, outside the Home Depot.
One interesting tidbit here today from prosecutors. They say -- it has been reported, that the statement, the interrogation, lasted seven hours. Prosecutors saying that that is not the case. It did not last seven hours. But they would not go into detail. One asked later about how long police did talk to Malvo for.
Now, Malvo's next big court appearance, January 14 and 15. That is his preliminary hearing, to decide whether this case should go to trial or not. A judge at that time will decide also whether Malvo should be tried as an adult -- Kyra.
PHILLIPS: Meanwhile, Patty, what's the status of John Muhammad?
DAVIS: Well, John Muhammad is in a Prince William County jail. He will be tried separately from John Lee Malvo. And he has been charged with the killing of Dean Meyers who was spot at a Sunoco station near Manassas, Virginia. His trial date had been set for October 14, ironically a year after Linda Franklin -- a year to the date after Linda Franklin was killed at that Home Depot. And about a year after the three-week terror spree, when the sniper killings took place here in the Washington, D.C., area -- Kyra.
PHILLIPS: All right. Patty Davis, live from Fairfax, Virginia. Thank you.
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