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To: Devin Barrett who wrote (310)	9/1/1999 6:42:00 PM
From: Devin Barrett	Respond to of 1449

The trial After six weeks of testimony, 1500 pieces of evidence and most of the 200 federal witnesses called, the verdict was delivered. 18 hours of deliberation over 4 days led the jury to acquit the defendants of the most serious charges; conspiracy to murder and aiding and abetting murder of 4 federal agents who died in the initial raid with 6 Branch Davidians. Of the 13 defendants, 4 were set free, 5 were convicted of voluntary manslaughter and 2 of weapons violations. Fatta was convicted of possessing a firearm during the commission of a violent crime, namely, conspiracy, and specifically, declared to have conspired to murder federal agents in the pre-sentencing report. Double jeopardy for conspiracy to murder federal agents was addressed by the defense on Fatta's behalf. Defense Atty. Terrence Kirk alluded to US vs. Korea-Ventura stating that prosecution can't argue the issue of charging some of the Branch Davidians as using machine-guns when this wasn't part of the original indictment. Another complication is that Witness for Immunity Kathryn Schroeder "could not be made to say" that she had passed out machine-guns. Other cases were cited and Kirk asserted that the jury must know that gun used in the charges is a machine-gun, which was never made clear. Full text: eclectica.org Dev