To: Walter Morton who wrote (1339 ) 12/3/1998 11:29:00 PM From: Phantom Dialer Respond to of 3086
Walter, If you want to sleep at night, buy stocks in the S&P and Dow Jones...penny stocks were and never will be anything close to a "sure thing"...they come with many risks... but here's something for you and the rest of the gang to chew on: (they wouldn't even allow this guy to have a walkman in prison b/c they were afraid he could do something with it) Phantom Dialer Thursday December 3, 10:22 pm Eastern Time Judge postpones trial of computer hacker Mitnick LOS ANGELES, Dec 3 (Reuters) - A judge Thursday postponed for three months convicted hacker Kevin Mitnick's trial on federal fraud and theft charges and said she would probably order a separate trial for his co-defendant. U.S. District Judge Mariana Pfaelzer delayed the start of Mitnick's trial to April 20 from Jan. 19 at the request of his lawyers, who said they needed more time to prepare. Pfaelzer said she would also likely grant a defense request to hold a separate trial for co-defendant Lewis DePayne. Outside court, defense lawyer Donald Randolph said Mitnick, who is being held in jail pending trial, would have liked to start trial even later in 1999. ''He's concerned about the massive amount of material (in the prosecution's case,'' Randolph said. ''He's anxious to make sure we're prepared.'' Mitnick is accused in 25 criminal counts of stealing proprietary information from Motorola, Nokia, Novell, Sun Microsystems and other companies by hacking into their computers. Mitnick was convicted of computer fraud in 1989 and sentenced to one year in prison. After his release, he was arrested again and convicted for violating his parole.