European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 8, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday. November 8,1988 seizure of defendants funds studied cases focus on use of ill got ten Money Washington a the supreme court agreed monday to decide whether the government May confiscate from criminal defendants Money and prop erty hat could be used to pay their Legal fees. The court announced it will review cum stemming from Federal prosecutions of drug dealers in new York and Virginia. The justices thus set the stage for an important Rul ing on the rights of tic accused and the government s Power to fight crime by seizing criminal proceeds. Their decision  in 1989. In one Case the la firm of Caplin & Drysdale in Washington was denied to 70,000 in Legal fees for rep resenting Christopher acc Kmeyer. He pleaded guilty in 1985 in Virginia to charges a learning from what prosecutors said was his role As Kingpin of a multimillion Dollar drug operation. Reck Mcyr was sentenced to 17 years in prison an was ordered to forfeit All proceeds from the drug deals. The seizure of the Money left him without funds to pay Caplin &  4th . Circuit court of appeals ruled in Jan uary that Reckmeyer is not entitled to use any of the Money to reimburse the Law firm. In the second Case the Reagan administration appealed a ruling that allows Peter Monsanto Access to assets Worth 1400,000 to help him pay his lawyers. Monsanto was convicted in new York City of charges that he headed a heroin Selling  jury also ordered him to forfeit to the govern ment a House in mount Vernon n.y., valued at $335,000, a $30,000 cooperative apartment in the Bronx and $35,000. But the 2nd . Circuit court of appeals ruled injury that he could use the assets to pay legitimate Legal fees incurred in his  Issue Are forfeiture provisions of key Federal crime fighting Laws including the continuing criminal Enterprise act and the racketeer influenced corrupt organizations  4th circuit court ruled in acc Kmeyer s Case that the constitutional right of the accused to be rep supreme court Roundup resented by a lawyer does not entitle the defendant to an attorney of his Choice. Caplin St. Drysdale and other attorneys argue that confiscating the assets of people when they Are indicted will leave them too poor to pay their lawyers. The court and the Reagan administration said those defendants will still be represented by court appointed  the 2nd circuit court in an 8-4 decision said Monsanto is entitled to use his assets to pay his lawyer. In other action the court refused to reinstate an unusual racial quota sys tem designed to prevent White flight from the nation s largest publicly assisted housing development. The court with one dissenting vote let stand a. Rul ing that the racial distribution of apartments at the Middle income Starr Cal City development in Brooklyn n.y., violates the Federal fair housing act rejected an Appeal by a company challenging fed eral guidelines for controlling and removing asbestosis school buildings. The court without comment let stand a ruling that the regulations Are reasonable. Rejected a free press Challenge to a judge s order that barred participants in the criminal trial of former rep. Mario Biaggi d-n.y., from talking to reporters. Let stand a ruling that barred television and still cameras and radio broadcasting equipment from a i rial of the late teamsters president Jackie Presser and to others. The court without comment rejected an Appeal by Media representatives in Cleveland who said Banning broadcast and photographic coverage of an important Union corruption Case violates the Constitution s free press guarantees. Agreed to study the Case of n former Dallas High school football coach who said he lost his Job because Geiswhite. The court said it will hear competing Appeal filed by Norman jct longtime coach and athletic director at South Oak Cliff High school and by the Dallas Independent school District. Ruled that Hunting in  officials reinforced racial segregation by confining housing for Tow income fam Ilies to a predominantly non White Urban renewal area. For this fugitive wild goal the a Ferne sup. Several years ago the roat escaped from the los Angeles zoo and apparently took up life in the Hills around the California tit. All thai ended got his Goat when he Ibex was collared to Tutti Tak ing a 40-foot dive from a Bridge into the los Angeles River above wildlife officer Lurry Morales holds on to make sure there in t another getaway. . Starts addicts hypodermic new York a the City Mon Day began olt Cring drug addicts clean hypodermic Needles in Exchange for their dirty ones As part of a Pilot program of Stem the spread of aids. Two Hundred addicts arc expected to be enrolled in the program which has drawn heated opposition from Many minority group leaders. We expect we will get some people today but they will come by referral from drug treatment program so we Don t know what time said Sam Fried Man a health department spokesman. The 200 will receive counselling on acquired immune deficiency syndrome and drugs along with sterile Needles. Another 200 addicts will receive Only counselling after a time researchers will try to determine whether they have a higher rate of infection with the aids virus than those who received the Needles. Health officials Hope the program will encourage addicts not to share Needles which is a major Means of spreading aids. In new York hypodermic Needles can be purchased Only by prescription., similar Needle Exchange program have operated in Europe and some other . Cities have considered them. In bos ton mayor Raymond Rynn had backed such a program but it was rejected by the City Council in Portland Ore program to give away Needles has so far been delayed by problems of obtaining insurance or. Stephen Joseph new York City s health commissioner and the program s chief advocate called it an attempt to find out whether an Exchange can be helpful in slowing aids transmission among the addicts and to their sex part ners and unborn children that is having a devastating effect on minority comm  but a number of minority leaders including members of the City Council Slack and hispanic caucus have bitterly opposed the program. When the first Needle is Given out by Stephen Joseph he ought to be indicted for murder. It s genocide pure and Sim ple said councilman Hilton Clark of Harlem. In a speech monday o corporate executives at the metropolitan club in Man Hattan . Surgeon general c. Everett Koop endorsed the concept of Needle exchanges although he said later he was unfamiliar with the details of the new York program. Of Needle exchanges in general he said let s do it., if it would contain this epidemic. This aids epidemic is a catastrophe waiting to happen. 1lf this can help who can be against i "., " of the nearly 17,000 aids cases re ported in the City since 1981, about 4,500 Are believed to have gotten the Dis ease through i intravenous drug abuse. More than half of the City s 200,000 drug addicts arc believed to be infected with the aids virus according to Joseph.  Trident ii missile comp efe successful test Fli Cape canaveral a. A a Trident ii missile was launched on a Suc cd sinful test flight monday seven weeks after one of the submarine weapons was mistakenly blown up in flight the Navy reported the $23.7 million missile met its test objectives after blast ing off a land launch pad at 11 30 . With an unarmed warhead package. The Trident ii has  of nearly 6,000 Miles but the Navy did not Dis close How far he three stage weapon travelled monday. The target area was inthe Atlantic  was the 12th Success in 16 test flights for the Trident ii which will be the Navy s most powerful nuclear weapon when it becomes operational. However the Navy classed the 15th flight on sep., 19, As a no lest because officials said it was mistakenly destroyed by the air Force Range safely officer about a minute after liftoff. The test team had deliberately built an off course Man Euver into the flight path to Sec How Well the guidance system would Correct it. But that information somehow was not transmitted to the safety officer and the air Force said he sent a radio signal to blow up the missile when his instruments showed it off course and possibly threatening populated areas. " after four or five More land pad test Bunches the Navy plans to conduct a series of firings from submerged submarines leading to operational deployment in about a year. Each 44-foot Trident ii Wil be Capa ble of delivering .10 nuclear warheads to different targets.  submarine will carry 24 of the weapons