Accused madam's lawyer wants lower bail - New York Daily News

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Accused East Side madam Anna Gristina was lost in the legal system for hours Monday before a Manhattan judge shot down her bid to have her $2 million bail reduced and sent her back to jail.

The smile on Gristina’s face on seeing her husband Kelvin Gorr sitting in the second row when she finally got to the courtroom — after seven plus hours in limbo — faded fast when the judge ordered her sent back to Rikers Island.

Gristina’s odyssey began at 8 a.m., when she was supposed to board the prison shuttle bus to the Manhattan courthouse.

“I wasn’t called,” she told her lawyer, sources said.

When Gristina didn’t turn up in Manhattan, her lawyers and the judge called the jail at 12:30 p.m. and were informed she was still there, sources said.

Only she wasn’t.

Gristina was already in a holding cell on the 12th floor of the courthouse complex, where she was finally located at 3:15 p.m.

Fifteen minutes later she was before Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Charles Solomon, who promptly denied her lawyer’s petition to reduce her bail from $2 million.

Gristina, 44, is accused of running a $10 million call-girl ring that operated on the upper East Side and supplied high-class hookers to wealthy johns.

Police said 30-year-old Jaynie Mae Baker allegedly booked the girls for Gristina. She is free on $100,000 bail.

Gristina’s lawyer, Gary Greenwald, argued that if Baker was allowed out that Gristina should be too.

“How does the co-defendant get $100,000 [bail\] and she went to Mexico?” Greenwald said before the hearing. “That somehow doesn't play into anything?”

Baker told prosecutors she was on vacation in Mexico when the reputed vice den was shut down in February. She and Gristina have both

pleaded not guilty to prostitution charges.

Prosecutors argued again that the Scottish-born Gristina, who lives with her family upstate, remains a flight risk. They said Gristina had wealthy customers who might be willing to help her escape to avoid having their names revealed.

Before Gristina arrived in court, her

lawyer and prosecutors sparred before another judge, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, over access to evidence.

Greenwald once again demanded that prosecutors turn over “basic” evidence like the search warrants they got to bug the alleged brothel.

“We are entitled to that,” Greenwald said.

Assistant District Attorney Elizabeth Roper said they plan to hand over that evidence but also want a protective order “for portions” of the search warrant materials.

Merchan told both sides to work something out and get back to him.

“I don’t want to get involved in gamesmanship,” Merchan said. “I don’t want to get involved in hand-holding.”

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Accused soldier's lawyer plans trip to Afghanistan

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The lawyer for the Army staff sergeant suspected of killing 16 Afghan civilians questioned Tuesday the quality of the evidence against his client and said he planned to travel to Afghanistan to gather his own.

John Henry Browne said he met with Robert Bales for 11 hours over two days at Fort Leavenworth, where his client is being held. He added that there was still a lot he didn't know about the March 11 shootings.

"I don't know about the evidence in this case. I don't know that the government is going to prove much. There's no forensic evidence. There's no confessions," Browne said outside his hotel near the post.

"I'm certainly not saying that we're not taking responsibility for this in the right way, at the right time. But for now, I'm interested in what the evidence is," he said. "It's not like a crime scene in the United States."

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Browne said there were legal, social and political issues linked to the case and how it will be prosecuted. "The war's on trial. I'm not putting the war on trial," he said. "I'm not putting the war on trial, but the war is on trial."

Bales, 38, has not been charged yet. Browne expects that he will be charged this week. The killings sparked protests in Afghanistan, endangered relations between the two countries and threatened to upend American policy over the decade-old war.

Browne met with his client behind bars for the first time Monday to begin building a defense.

On Tuesday, Browne described Bales as "a soldier's soldier" who followed orders, including deploying to Afghanistan despite not wanting to go. Bales has been reported to have had financial troubles.

"That doesn't mean anything. Sure, there are financial problems. I have financial problems. Ninety-nine percent of America has financial problem," he said. "You don't go kill women and children because you have financial problems."

Browne has said Bales has a sketchy memory of events from before and after the killings but recalls very little or nothing of the time the military believes he went on a shooting spree through two Afghan villages.

"He has some memories of before the incident and he has some memories of after the incident. In between, very little," Browne said.

Browne said there were potential mental health issues for his client, but that he didn't have expertise to make a qualified judgment. "Dragging parts of bodies around is not something that really you forget very often," he said. "He's in shock."

Also Tuesday, a police report obtained by The News Tribune newspaper in Tacoma, Wash., said Bales was arrested in 2002 in the drunken assault of a casino security guard. The details are at odds with a description of the arrest by Browne, who had said it was an incident involving a woman Bales dated before his wife. An assault charge was dismissed after Bales completed 20 hours of anger management training.

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Browne, a Seattle attorney who defended serial killer Ted Bundy and a thief known as the "Barefoot Bandit," has said he has handled three or four military cases. The defense team includes a military defense lawyer, Maj. Thomas Hurley.

After their investigation, military attorneys could present charges to a commander, who then makes a judgment on whether there is probable cause to believe that an offense was committed and that the accused committed it.

That commander then submits the charges to a convening authority, who typically is the commander of the brigade to which the accused is assigned but could be of higher rank.

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Army Staff Sergeant suspected of killing 16 civilians in Afghanistan, lawyer, his client Tuesday, questioned the quality of the evidence and said he planned to travel to Afghanistan to collect his own.

John Henry Browne said, he met Robert Bales 11 hours over two days from Fort Leavenworth, where his client is organized. He added that he did not know about yet. March of the shootings.

"I do not know about the evidence in this case. I do not know, however, that the Government intends to prove a lot. Is not evidence in criminal investigations. Does not have the recognition, "Browne said outside his hotel near the post.

"I am certainly not saying that we are not taking responsibility in the right way at the right time. But now I am interested in what the evidence is, "he said. "It is not like a crime scene in the United States."

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Browne said the legal, social and political issues linked to the case, and how it will be prosecuted. "In time of war, of. I'm not putting a test date for the war, "he said. "I'm not putting a test date for the war, but the war is a test."

Bales, 38, has not yet been recovered. Browne expects that he will be charged this week. Development pressures in Afghanistan, protests killings of endangered and threatened relations between the two countries on the American policy in the decade old upend during the war.

Browne met his client for the first time the defense behind the bars for the construction work will begin on Monday.

On Tuesday, the "soldier soldier" Browne describes the Bales, which followed the orders, including the deployment of Afghanistan despite the wish to not go. Bales is reported to have financial problems.

"That does not mean anything. Is the economic problems. I have the economic problems. "Ninety-nine percent of America is an economic problem, he said."You do not go to kill women and children, because you do have economic problems. "

Browne has said that the Bales are transactions in memory before and after the killings, but points out very little or none of the army believes he went through the villages of Afghanistan fired a spree.

"He has some memories before the event and he has some of the memories after the event. In between, very little, "Browne said.

Browne said were possible mental health problems of his client, but that he is not acting by qualified majority shall act on the expertise of the judgment. "Drag the parts is not something that really you forget very often," he said. "He is in shock."

Tuesday, police report, Tacoma, Wash., News Tribune, the newspaper also said the Casino security guard were arrested by the Bales drunken assault in 2002. In the description of Browne, who had said the injury involving multiple Bales before his wife was an arrest warrant dated. Assault charge was dismissed after the Bales of anger management training for 20 hours.

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Browne, Seattle-attorney serial killer Ted Bundy, defending, and the thief, known as the "Hiroshima Bandit," is said, he has worked on three or four military cases. The armed group contains the military defense lawyer, Maj. Thomas Hurley.

In their investigation, the military commander of the Bützow – could be filed charges, which then makes the judgment, whether or not there is probable cause to believe that the subject has taken place and that the accused has done it.

The Commander of the convening authority, which then sends the must, as a general rule, the Brigade to which the accused has been addressed, but could be higher than the level of the investment, the Commander.

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Lawyer for Afghan accused describes talks

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The lawyer for the US Army staff sergeant accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan civilians says the soldier has only a sketchy memory of the night of the massacre.

Lawyer John Henry Browne says 38-year-old Robert Bales remembers some details from before and after the killings, but very little during the time the military believes he went on a rampage through two Afghan villages.

Browne spoke with The Associated Press from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where Bales is being held.

Bales, 38, has not been charged yet in the March 11 shootings, though charges could come this week.

The killings sparked protests in Afghanistan, endangered relations between the two countries and threatened to upend American policy over the decade-old war.

Under the US military justice system, prosecutors draft charges to be filed against an accused soldier, then present them to his unit commander, who must then decide whether there is enough evidence to believe a crime was committed.

If so, the commander signs the charging documents so that the case can be "preferred" for formal prosecution.

"My understanding is that the preferral of charges on Sergeant Bales will be announced by (his commanding officer in) Afghanistan," the US Army official told AFP on Monday.

"I expect it to be within the next few days. It is that point in time when a suspect is formally charged."

Before trial, Bales must appear at an "Article 32" hearing - a preliminary hearing at which prosecutors argue for a court-martial.

Browne said last week that Bales had recently been under stress, which was heightened when he witnessed a fellow soldier seriously wounded by stepping on a mine. He did not explain the legal defence he would use for his client.

The US media reported that Bales, who in addition to Browne also has a military lawyer, and his wife were enduring financial problems.

The non-commissioned officer, who joined the Army two months after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, served three tours of duty in Iraq and had been in Afghanistan since December.

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Lawyer for accused NYC madam interested in plea

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NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer for the accused madam of a multimillion-dollar New York brothel says he wants to meet with prosecutors to discuss a possible plea deal.

Lawyer Gary Greenwald told the judge hearing Anna Gristina's case Thursday that he would like to meet with the district attorney's office "with a view toward a disposition or resolving the matter."

Prosecutors didn't immediately respond.

Prosecutors say Gristina provided prostitutes to wealthy clients for 15 years. Gristina has pleaded not guilty. She's been held on $2 million bond since February.

Her previous lawyer, Peter Gleason, had offered his $2.5 million loft for Gristina's bond, saying she was broke. He invited Gristina and her family to move in, with her under house arrest.

The judge made no decision on the unusual plea proposal.

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Lawyer linked to accused madam raided

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A high-profile Manhattan lawyer with links to accused madam Anna Gristina was raided Friday by investigators who hauled away boxes of paperwork.

The seizure at veteran attorney David Jaroslawicz’s office came as an accountant and two young women accused of prostitution were also implicated in the sensational case.

Jaroslawicz, who has produced several plays, found himself starring in the biggest legal drama in town when detectives descended on his lower Broadway building.

He is tied to the upstate home where Gristina lives with her hunky husband and four kids — and, according to a well-placed source, to the E. 78th St. building where she allegedly ran a $10 million brothel.

As the case unfolded, he hired top-flight legal eagle Ben Brafman, who insisted “nothing illegal” had gone on.

“I spoke to the DA’s office,” Brafman said. “They told me he was not a target of the investigation. That’s it.”

Jaroslawicz, 65, has represented women in sex suits against Brett Favre and the Sultan of Brunei. During the go-go days of the first Internet boom, he carved out a niche representing women who were sexually harassed at dot-coms.

"A lot of these guys think they're the new masters of the universe," he told the News back then. "They mix up reality and virtual reality and start treating women like objects."

Now he’s tangled up in the prosecution of Gristina and matchmaker Jaynie Mae Baker, who are accused of selling women to high-powered men for $2,000 a night.

Jaroslawicz owns a 20-acre country retreat in Monroe, N.Y., right next to the property Gristina, 44, rents. Records list him as the “manager” of the company that owns property, too.

A law-enforcement source said he is also being probed in connection with the upper East Side building where Gristina allegedly had a stable of beauties service rich and powerful johns.

Records list Diana Ruhl, 42, and her husband, Jonathan, as principals in the corporation that owns the building. She is a lawyer from Ridgewood, N.J., whose family has real-estate interests. She declined comment.

Prosecutors have said in court that the owner of the E. 78th St. love nest is a male “lawyer friend” of Gristina who essentially functioned as her partner.

“[He] invests her money, helped her set up her business and helps to launder her money," Assistant District Attorney Charles Linehan told a judge last month.

"He has basically locked money away for her should this ever happen so she will have money when she comes out of it.”

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Lawyer for sergeant accused in Afghan killings en route to Kansas to visit with client Monday

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SEATTLE - With formal charges looming against his client within days, the lawyer for an Army sergeant suspected in the horrific nighttime slaughter of 16 Afghan villagers flew to Kansas and was preparing for his first face-to-face meeting with the 10-year veteran.

John Henry Browne of Seattle said he planned to meet Monday with Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, who is being held in an isolated cell at Fort Leavenworth's military prison.

Bales, 38, hasn't been charged in the March 11 shootings, which have endangered relations between the U.S. and Afghanistan and threaten to upend U.S. policy over the decade-old war. But formal charges are expected to be filed within a week and if the case goes to court the trial will be held in the United States, said a legal expert with the U.S. military familiar with the investigation.

That expert said charges were still being decided and that the location for any trial had not yet been determined. If the suspect is brought to trial, it is possible that Afghan witnesses and victims would be flown to the United States to participate, he said.

Military lawyers say once attorneys involved in the initial investigation of an alleged crime involving a service member have what they believe to be a solid understanding of what happened and are satisfied with the evidence collected, they draft charges and present them to a commander. That person then makes a judgment on whether there is probable cause to believe that an offence was committed and that the accused committed it.

That commander then "prefers" the charges to a convening authority, who typically is the commander of the brigade to which the accused is assigned but could be of higher rank.

Bales' defence team said in a statement late Saturday that "it is too early to determine what factors may have played into this incident and the defence team looks forward to reviewing the evidence, examining all of Sergeant Bales' medical and personnel records, and interviewing witnesses."

The lawyers' statement also said Bales' family was "stunned in the face of this tragedy, but they stand behind the man they know as a devoted husband, father and dedicated member of the armed services."

Military officials have said that Bales, after drinking on a southern Afghanistan base, crept away March 11 to two slumbering villages overnight, shooting his victims and setting many of them on fire. Nine of the 16 killed were children and 11 belonged to one family.

Court records and interviews in recent days have revealed that Bales had a string of commendations for good conduct after four tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. But he also faced a number of troubles in recent years: a Florida investment job went sour, his Seattle-area home was condemned as he struggled to make payments on another, and he failed to get a recent promotion.

Legal troubles included charges that he assaulted a girlfriend and, in a hit-and run accident, ran bleeding in military clothes into the woods, court records show. He told police he fell asleep at the wheel and paid a fine to get the charges dismissed, the records show.

Rebecca Steed, spokeswoman at Fort Leavenworth, said Bales would be able to meet with Browne in what is described as a privileged visit. Along with medical visits, such meetings are generally more private than others conducted in the prison.

Browne, 65, has represented clients ranging from serial killer Ted Bundy to Colton Harris-Moore, known as the "Barefoot Bandit." He has said he has handled only three or four military cases. Bales will also have at least one military lawyer.

Tall and stylish, Browne has been a prominent figure in Washington state legal circles since the 1970s, known equally for his zeal in representing his clients and his flair before television cameras.

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Also contributing were Associated Press writers Manuel Valdes in Seattle, John Milburn in Topeka, Kan., and Deb Riechmann in Kabul, Afghanistan.

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Ted Bundy’s Lawyer Represents Soldier Accused of Afghan Rampage

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John Henry Browne, the lawyer for the U.S. soldier suspected in the shooting deaths of 16 Afghan civilians, has a history of defending clients in multiple homicide cases, including serial killer Ted Bundy and mass murderer Benjamin Ng.

During his 40 years as an attorney, Browne, 65, the chief trial lawyer in the King County Office of the Public Defender in Seattle before going into private practice, has represented arsonists, a shoeless airplane thief and a man accused of killing a celebrity dog trainer.

“He seems to thrive on controversial cases, and he gets good outcomes for his clients,” said Richard Hansen, whom Browne hired in 1976 to work as a public defender in Seattle.

Browne’s newest client, a 38-year-old Army staff sergeant, is suspected of going on a rampage about three months into his first tour of duty in Afghanistan following three deployments to Iraq. The Army said in a memo to Congress that the soldier allegedly hiked to two villages close to his base near Kandahar city on March 11 to commit the killings.

The suspect is U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, according to a U.S. defense official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because charges haven’t been announced. A Pentagon spokesman, Navy Captain John Kirby, said the suspect is being brought to the U.S. and declined to name the destination.

The stress of a fourth deployment, a troubled marriage and alcohol use appear to have combined to provoke the killings, said a U.S. official briefed on the case.

At a press conference at his Seattle office on March 15, Browne disputed that account.

“This is a very strong marriage,” Browne said. “There’s a lot of love, a lot of respect, two children.”

There were no incidents of domestic violence “whatsoever” and no indication alcohol had played a part in the alleged attack. Browne said.

Browne and Emma Scanlan, an associate at his law firm, didn’t return calls yesterday seeking comment for this story.

If convicted of murder after a military trial, the suspect may face a death sentence, said Eugene Fidell, former president of the National Institute of Military Justice.

The soldier will have a preliminary hearing, where a military judge will decide whether there is sufficient evidence to proceed with a court-martial, said Fidell, who teaches military justice classes at Yale University. There is no bail in military proceedings, he said.

Browne graduated from American University (NAUH) School of Law in 1971, according to his law firm’s website. He worked as an assistant attorney general in Washington state before joining the public defender’s office in 1975.

Last year, Browne represented airplane thief Colton Harris- Moore, known as the “Barefoot Bandit” because he committed some of his crimes while not wearing shoes. Moore pleaded guilty to the plane theft and other charges and is serving a 6 1/2-year prison sentence.

Bundy assaulted or killed three dozen women across the U.S., according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He was one of the FBI’s 10 most wanted fugitives when he was caught in February 1978. He was executed in Florida in 1989.

Browne was counsel for Benjamin Ng, who was convicted in the killing of 13 people in Seattle in 1983. Ng was spared a death sentence.

Browne also represented Michiel Oakes, who was convicted of killing Mark Stover, a dog trainer who worked for Starbucks Corp. (SBUX) Chief Executive Officer Howard Schultz and Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki. Oakes got a 26 1/2-year sentence in 2010, the Seattle Times reported.

Prosecutors who worked on the Oakes and Harris-Moore cases declined to discuss their experiences with Browne or didn’t respond to calls seeking comment.

Browne, although not a regular on the military circuit, is highly competent as a defense lawyer and a reasonable choice as counsel because he’s from “that part of the country,” Fidell said.

“In serious cases, people who can afford it will hire a civilian,” he said. “There aren’t that many civilian lawyers who do these cases.”

While lawyers from the Army’s Judge Advocate General Corps will provide assistance, Browne will steer the case and make the strategic decisions, Fidell said.

The soldier in the Afghan attacks allegedly gathered 11 of those he killed into one home and set the bodies on fire, Lal Mohammed, an elder from Zangabad, the area where the incident occurred, said by phone. Afterward, the soldier walked back to base and surrendered, according to Brigadier General Carsten Jacobson, spokesman for the NATO-led force in Afghanistan.

U.S. President Barack Obama called Afghan President Hamid Karzai “to express his shock and sadness” and pledged “to hold fully accountable anyone responsible,” according to a White House statement. Karzai said the incident shows “great oppression and cruelty” toward the people of Afghanistan, according to a statement from his office.

Evidence gathering for the soldier’s hearing could be difficult because of the incident’s location, Fidell said. The hostility of villagers and Muslim law requiring bodies to be buried quickly and without an autopsy also pose obstacles to prosecution, according to Fidell.

Investigators will collect as much evidence as possible ahead of the preliminary hearing, Fidell said. “That’s assuming they’re getting assistance from the villagers instead of being shot at,” he said.

The last soldier executed by the military was Army private John Arthur Bennett, Fidell said. Bennett, convicted of raping and attempting to murder an 11-year-old Austrian girl, was executed by hanging in 1961. A handful of army prisoners are being held on death row at the U.S. disciplinary barracks in Fort Leavenworth, Fidell said.

“No one can be executed without the affirmative personal approval of the president,” Fidell said.

Defense lawyers represent unpopular clients to protect the legal process, said Hansen, the former public defender.

“The tough cases tend to warp the system in a bad way,” Hansen said in a phone interview. “The public becomes acutely aware of the most horrendous crimes so the laws tend to get ramped up because of the most atypical cases.”

To contact the reporters on this story: Andrew Harris in Chicago at aharris16@bloomberg.net; Sophia Pearson in Philadelphia at spearson3@bloomberg.net; Peter Robison in Seattle at robison@bloomberg.net

To contact the editors responsible for this story: Michael Hytha at mhytha@bloomberg.net; Gary Putka at gputka@bloomberg.net

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Accused madam Anna Gristina's new lawyer Gary Greenwald floats idea of plea deal - New York Daily News

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Accused madam Anna Gristina’s new lawyer dangled the possibility of a plea deal on Thursday as her family scrambled to come up with $200,000 to spring her from jail.

“You always consider a plea in any case...from a murder to spitting on the sidewalk,” upstate criminal defense attorney Gary Greenwald said.

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Greenwald has taken over Gristina’s case, replacing court-appointed defender Richard Siracusa and small-time civil lawyer Peter Gleason.

He also scuttled a bizarre plan by Gleason to let Gristina bunk with him at the $2.5 million Tribeca loft, which he plans to put up as collateral for bail.

Gristina is being held at Rikers in lieu of $2 million bond. She needs to come up with 10% of that in cash to get out, Greenwald said.

He said he expects to be able to post bond next week, possibly after the jailed woman’s sister takes out a loan against her home.

Prosecutors say the Monroe, N.Y., mom of four ran a $10 million call-girl ring that catered to rich and powerful men from an upper East Side brothel.

They suggested in court she has “many well-placed, well-heeled individuals” who could come up with $200,000, but quickly added those associates probably would not be approved.

Greenwald asked for bail to be reduced, denying that Gristina is a flight risk and alleging that prosecutors offered to free her if she “gave them certain information.”

He said the investigators wanted Gristina to tell them if "Mr A, Mr. B, Mr. C used my services.”

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan said he wasn’t going to second-guess the prosecutors and shot down Greenwald’s request.

Greenwald is a colorful character who served as mayor of upstate Wurtsboro and wrote a political column for a local paper.

He spent almost as much time talking to the media about the ouster of Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni as he did about Gristina’s case.

Yet unlike Gleason, who never handled a felony, Greenwald has criminal court chops; he once represented mobster Vincent (Chin) Gigante.

It’s unclear what role Gleason, who was brought into the case by private eye pal Vincent Parco, will play in the high-profile case now.

His replacement defended his offer to become roommates with his client.

"Mr. Gleason's motivation was absolutely phenomenal, of the highest level," Greenwald said.

Prosecutors took a dimmer view.

In court papers, they described the relationship between Gleason and Gristina as “murky” and mocked some of his public comments.

“Mr. Gleason also stated that he did not care whether the defendant was guilty or innocent, a sentiment one might expect from a close friend, but less so from one’s defense counsel,” they wrote in a brief.

Gleason and Greenwald have at least one thing in common.

“I like the media,” the new lawyer said before driving away from the courthouse with co-counsel Elise Rucker.

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Lawyer: Accused G.i. saw Valentine's leg blown

(AP) SEATTLE-the slaughter of 16 Afghan Villagers last weekend, the US military and the accused saw his friend out of the day to the aeration device, the foot of the rampage, his lawyer said Thursday evening.

Seattle attorney John Henry Browne told the Associated Press that his client's family is given to him the details of the injury of the United States military in the second. The information has not been confirmed independently.

"His feet were blown and the client was standing next to him," he said.

Browne said the transaction will affect all of the soldiers. Clearly, whether the transaction may have helped prompt the horrific attack on the civilians to the villages in the middle-of-the-night last Sunday.

The suspect had been injured during his deployment to Iraq twice in the previous three, and he was loath to go to Afghanistan at the outset, Browne said.

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Browne declined to release his name, citing the man's family, that is to say, the joint Base Lewis-McChord on protection, near Tacoma, Washington. But he said the military has two small children, ages 3 and 4.

Military, the 38-year-old father of two, who is originally from the Midwest, on December 3rd Stryker Brigade, and Feb 1, was annexed to the "village on the stability of the operation." Browne described him as a highly decorated and said he was once appointed a Bronze Star, which he has not received.

But, he said, the military, and his family thought he had done the fighting. Iraq's military suffered a head injury during the trips to the concussive car accident, caused by a road bomb Browne said, and he suffered the injury in the battle to surgery on his foot, which led to the part from.

He was a member of the security check for the health of the officials after the damage of the head before he again, Browne said. He did not know if his client was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, but said it could be a trial version is the problem, if the experts believe, is important.

He and his Brigade for the rest of the was originally told they do not go to Afghanistan, Browne said.

Browne and his co-counsel, Emma Scanlan, said they had completed a military wife and other family members, and Browne said, he spoke briefly by telephone from the military, which he described in the stunned and far away.

His family was "quite shocked," he said. "He has never said anything about Muslims mentor. He is usually very ill-mannered sensitising. "

Browne said he knew little of substance the facts of the case, but denied reports that the alcohol, stress and problems in the combination of the home country resulted in him. He said the family was unaware of the problem, said the drinking and the consequences for the couple's marriage is described as the "fabulous."

The military has been accused of being shot near his base in the southern Afghan villages rampage at the beginning of Sunday, killing nine children and seven other civilians and by then some of the institutions. Shooting, which followed the controversial Quran burning incident on the US troops, which has outraged the Afghan officials.

The suspect was flown out of Afghanistan on Wednesday night, officials described the action as a condition of pretrial confinement in Kuwait. Officials have described him as the father of two anonymous users, which has been in the armed forces of 11 years. He has served three tours in Iraq, and started his first deployment in Afghanistan in December.

The military asked to represent Browne, known as the Seattle defense attorney, when he was introduced, the lawyer said.

Browne said he has spoken with the military, but does not discuss the substance of the arguments. He said the military was prior to the events of his army in the dossier, which indicates the misbehavior.

Serial killer Ted Bundy defended the time Browne and represents recently Colton Harris-Moore, r??t?l?innist? the thief, known as the "Hiroshima Bandit."

Browne said he has to work with only three or four cases before the military. The military is also at least one military lawyer.

Military lawyers say the time of the alleged crime is associated with the service, participating in the Bützow-member they believe has information on what happened to the original investigation, and welcomes the draft fees collected, and present them to the Commander of the evidence.

The person concerned shall submit to the Court whether or not there is probable cause to believe, then, that the subject has taken place and that the accused has done it.

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