Wednesday, January 19, 2011
U.S. Attorney Urges Court To Reject Sypher’s Request For New Trial Motion
KENTUCKY....
First Assistant U.S. Attorney John E. Kuhn Jr. has asked U.S. District Judge Charles R. Simpson to reject Karen Cunagin Sypher’s request for more time to file a new trial motion. Simpson has twice delayed the sentencing of Sypher, who was convicted in August of trying to extort University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino, lying to the FBI and retaliating against a witness. Her sentencing, originallyset for October, is now set for February 18th. Sypher’s new lawyer, David Nolan, has asked for additional time to allow expert witnesses to examine photographs and tape recordings used by the government in Sypher’s trial, but Kuhn says the “purported ‘expert’ testimony” is a smokescreen, and there is no reason that Nolan couldn’t have filed his motions sooner other than for “tactical reasons” or to “pursue fictions.” Kuhn is urging the court “to shut the door upon her wild and groundless allegations of conspiracies between unrelated witnesses, the prosecution, former defense counsel and even the court itself.
First Assistant U.S. Attorney John E. Kuhn Jr. has asked U.S. District Judge Charles R. Simpson to reject Karen Cunagin Sypher’s request for more time to file a new trial motion. Simpson has twice delayed the sentencing of Sypher, who was convicted in August of trying to extort University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino, lying to the FBI and retaliating against a witness. Her sentencing, originallyset for October, is now set for February 18th. Sypher’s new lawyer, David Nolan, has asked for additional time to allow expert witnesses to examine photographs and tape recordings used by the government in Sypher’s trial, but Kuhn says the “purported ‘expert’ testimony” is a smokescreen, and there is no reason that Nolan couldn’t have filed his motions sooner other than for “tactical reasons” or to “pursue fictions.” Kuhn is urging the court “to shut the door upon her wild and groundless allegations of conspiracies between unrelated witnesses, the prosecution, former defense counsel and even the court itself.
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