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Sniper Suspect in Court
Aired July 24, 2003 - 15:11 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Sniper suspect Lee Boyd Malvo back in court today for a pretrial hearing. His lawyers are trying to suppress evidence they think will hurt Malvo's case. And they're trying to bolster their argument that Malvo was obedient to the other sniper suspect, John Allen Muhammad.
CNN's Patty Davis covering the hearing in Fairfax, Virginia.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
PATTY DAVIS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Lee Boyd Malvo is back in court. His lawyers asking a judge to throw out incriminating statements and gestures that Malvo allegedly made.
Now, prison guards at Baltimore's supermax prison say that Malvo told them that he would usually fast before his missions. The sniper suspect allegedly used hand and facial gestures to communicate with the Montgomery County detective. Now, in that incident, the detective says that Malvo's eyes welled up with tears when he was told that police knew something had happened that had caused Malvo to leave evidence behind at the scene of a murder. That was the murder of Conrad Johnson, the Montgomery County bus driver. Prosecutors have agreed not to introduce those gestures as evidence against Malvo at trial.
Now, as for whether Malvo was under the spell of his alleged accomplice, John Muhammad, the defense is asking for any evidence of that. The prosecution says that it has no witnesses that actually say that. But they do have six witnesses who describe Malvo as being very obedient. Now, some even say that he appeared to be brainwashed and would accept punishment from Muhammad.
Now, another witness says that Muhammad coached Malvo to be a better marksman. And he said that he believes Malvo was a very good shot. If one of them was the shooter in these sniper killings, this witness believes that it was Malvo, because he was a good shot, and Muhammad was not.
Patty Davis, CNN, Fairfax, Virginia.
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Aired July 24, 2003 - 15:11 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Sniper suspect Lee Boyd Malvo back in court today for a pretrial hearing. His lawyers are trying to suppress evidence they think will hurt Malvo's case. And they're trying to bolster their argument that Malvo was obedient to the other sniper suspect, John Allen Muhammad.
CNN's Patty Davis covering the hearing in Fairfax, Virginia.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
PATTY DAVIS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Lee Boyd Malvo is back in court. His lawyers asking a judge to throw out incriminating statements and gestures that Malvo allegedly made.
Now, prison guards at Baltimore's supermax prison say that Malvo told them that he would usually fast before his missions. The sniper suspect allegedly used hand and facial gestures to communicate with the Montgomery County detective. Now, in that incident, the detective says that Malvo's eyes welled up with tears when he was told that police knew something had happened that had caused Malvo to leave evidence behind at the scene of a murder. That was the murder of Conrad Johnson, the Montgomery County bus driver. Prosecutors have agreed not to introduce those gestures as evidence against Malvo at trial.
Now, as for whether Malvo was under the spell of his alleged accomplice, John Muhammad, the defense is asking for any evidence of that. The prosecution says that it has no witnesses that actually say that. But they do have six witnesses who describe Malvo as being very obedient. Now, some even say that he appeared to be brainwashed and would accept punishment from Muhammad.
Now, another witness says that Muhammad coached Malvo to be a better marksman. And he said that he believes Malvo was a very good shot. If one of them was the shooter in these sniper killings, this witness believes that it was Malvo, because he was a good shot, and Muhammad was not.
Patty Davis, CNN, Fairfax, Virginia.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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