European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 25, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes february 1981 justices Rule out retrial in murder Case Washington up the supreme rejecting arguments that a judge had become a 13th juror in a Mur Der unanimously ruled tuesday that a defendant cannot be retried after a judge throws out his conviction because of insufficient the ruling overturned a Louisiana supreme court decision uphold ing the first degree murder conviction of Tracy Lee Hudson at his second also the court unanimously ruled that a stricter Florida Law on granting time off to prisoners for Good behaviour can not be applied retroactively to inmates whose crime was committed before passage of the for prisoners who committed crimes be fore its the Law substantially alters the consequences attached to a crime already completed and therefore changes the quantum of Justice thur Good Marshall wrote for the in a ruling of importance to com Mercial the High court held 60 that Bank holding companies May set up and manage closed end investment rules allowing holding companies to such funds were challenged by securities groups and operators of opened Mutual in the Louisiana Hudson was convicted of murder at his first but asked the trial judge to throw out the verdict and Grant him a new trial on grounds of insufficient judge Enos Mcclendon agreed to reverse the Jurys How the jury concluded that this defendant committed the act from that Evi when no weapon was no proof of anyone who saw a blow is Wyond the courts Mcclundon at his second prosecutors presented an eyewitness who had not testified at the first Hudson again was found guilty of and Louisiana top court affirmed the Hudson appealed to the supreme claiming that the second trial violated his constitutional Protection against being tried twice for the same he contended the constitutions double jeopardy clause bars a retrial once the re viewing court has found the evidence legally insufficient to support the guilty the state maintained that the evidence presented at the first trial was sufficient to convict Hudson and that Mcclendon had improperly imposed himself in the Case As a 13th Justice Lewis writing for the High accepted Hudson the trial judge granted a new trial be cause the state had failed to prove its Case As a matter of not merely because As a 13th would have decided it differently from the other 12 Powell the justices rejected Louisiana Asser Tion that the trial judge granted Hudson a new trial Only because the judge entertained personal doubts about the Midwest snowstorm eases choked Rivers overflow in Northeast by United press International a storm that mired parts of the mid West in nearly a foot of Snow weakened tuesday but torrential Rains assailed the triggering flooding on ice dam med Rivers and streams gorged by last weeks heavy win whipped rain swept the Pacific and Snow dusted the higher rain and Light Snow the legacy of a potent Winter storm that hit the Midwest monday with up to 10 inches of Snow stretched Over parts of the Ohio Valley and the appalachians the Snow prompted travel advisories for the mountains of Virginia and North the storm dumped rain and up to 10 inches of Snow across Wisconsin and Michigan closing schools and knocking out Power to thou Sands of drenching Rains and Gal Force winds battered the Northern Atlantic nearly an Inch of rain soaked parts of Southern new England in six hours Early the heavy Rains combined with ice jams to trigger floods along some Rivers and though no major flooding was re Flash flood warnings were posted for parts of Massachusetts and Connecticut and Flash flood watches were in effect in parts of Rhode new Hampshire and the combination of rain and warm temperatures proved disastrous for new eng land ski All but 14 of the regions 90 ski areas have been closed by the Balmy weather and areas still open Are depending on Snow this is the kind of weather we expect in not said Mill operations manager for the new England ski areas rain driven by winds gusting to More than 60 Mph stretched along the Northern and Central Pacific Teller Cathy Demoss helps a make a withdrawal from a treat for Brandy the first National Bank of the Bank provides treats dog biscuits for canines and suckers for kids to All its drive up up reported wind gusts of up to 62 heavy fog rolled Over much of the East coast monday night and Early the rain and fog shut Down Laguardia Airport in new York City monday fog Cut visibility to near Zero in the Snow and wind prompted travel advis ories in the parts or the Sisk yous and the Sierra Strong winds whipped up blinding Clouds of dust and Sand in the Southern California where travel advisories also were in disease takes toll after Brief honeymoon up even though doctors told them death could Only be Post Claudia Jane Jones and her husband of less than nine Days had hoped her disease could be controlled for at least a few the married on Valentines did not even get to spend a few months the 18yearold Bride died Mon Day of Claudia and her were married in they said even if they had Only a Little time it would be during the the Bride appeared to have but her condition soon grew she grew extremely ill on their today honeymoon and even weaker As the week went by last she was too weak to sweep the floor of their Small rented her physician in Dennis Dea told her saturday she must come in monday for a blood by then she had a temperature of she appeared to gain strength sunday and her a 19yearold construction planned to go to his Job by monday morning she was too weak to Jones and her Henry rushed her to the Grove general but she lapsed into a coma in route and was dead when she arrived at the the doctor seems to think she had a Jones Mother Jones said his wife never spoke of death or dying during the eight Days and 20 hours they were conference of Waldheim is arranged United nations up Secre tary of state Alexander Haig will Confer shortly with Secretary general Kurt Wald a spokesman Haig expressed his interest for an Early meeting in a 10 message to the United nations released the text of the message and one from president Reagan also suggesting a meeting thanking Waldheim for his Best wishes on their As sumption of