Kobe 的辯護律師要求儘快審判

[aval (比真實還要真實)]

  前幾天檢察官 Mark Hurlbert 才要求審理此案的法官儘快讓案子進入正式的審理. 今天
Kobe 的辯護律師 Hal Haddon 發表聲明希望這件案子能越快審判越好, 依據他的說法, 這
件不實的指控讓他的辯護人在私生活和職業領域中都受到難以估計和形容的折磨和損害,
因此 "沒有人比 Mr. Bryant 更希望這件案子能早日有個結果." 但 Haddon 同時也表示,
他們願意等目前的作業程序 (決定哪些證據可用或不能用) 大致結束後 (至少要到五月中)
, 他們就會提出無罪的抗辯. 根據科羅拉多的法律, 辯方提出抗辯後, 除非辯方放棄權利,
不然審判就必須要在六個月內進行.

  下面是原文報導的摘要:

The sexual assault case against Kobe Bryant has exacted a grueling "personal
and professional toll" on the NBA star, according to defense attorneys who
insisted Tuesday they want a trial as quickly as possible.

The court filing was in response to requests by the 19-year-old accuser and
prosecutors urging the judge to set a trial date. Bryant's attorneys said the
Los Angeles Lakers guard has always wanted an early trial date.

"The accuser's false accusation of rape has exacted a personal and professional
toll on Mr. Bryant that is as incalculable as it is indescribable," attorney
Hal Haddon wrote. "No one looks forward to this case being over more than Mr.
Bryant."

However, the defense said it would wait to enter a not guilty plea until most
or all the pretrial hearings are completed. Those hearings are currently
scheduled well into May.

The woman's attorney, John Clune, said the woman has received "literally
hundreds of phone calls and e-mails threatening either death or mutilation."

Haddon, however, said Clune's request contained "incorrect and/or misleading
claims about her personal situation that are calculated to create public sympa-
thy." The defense said it rebutted those claims in a sealed court filing.

Scott Robinson, a Denver defense attorney familiar with the Bryant case, said
the pretrial proceedings without a trial date were not unusual. He said
attorneys in the case are simply arguing "for the purposes of communicating to
the world."

"It just seems like they're taking turns pounding their chests and saying,
'bring it on,''' he said.

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