European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 5, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday september 5, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 7 Texas woman 37, convicted in cheerleader Hitman trial Houston apr a jury tuesday convicted a woman of trying to hire a Hitman to kill the Mother of her daughter s cheer leading rival to further her own daughter s cheer leading career. Jurors deliberated about six hours before convicting Wanda Holloway. 37. Of solicitation of murder. She could face up to life in prison and a $10,000 Fine. Holloway of c Channelview. Was convicted of trying to hire someone to kill Verna Heath. Prosecutors contended that Holloway believed heaths daughter. Amber would be so distressed she would drop out of Competition for the freshman cheer leading squad at c Channelview High school. Quot the defense had attacked the credibility of the state s Star witness who disclosed the plot to authorities. Holloway burst into tears after the verdict was read. Relatives and friends surrounded her Yelling at members of the Media to stay away. Holloway also was charged with solicitation of aggravated kidnapping but no an verdict on the lesser charge was bounced. Quot when jurors first told state District judge George Godwin they had reached verdicts he told them to reread discharges and reconsider their decision. The jury announced its verdict Only on solicitation of murder 20 minutes later. Attorneys on both sides said Thev could t explain the circumstances of the jury s decision because of a gag order Godwin imposed at the trial s Start. After tuesday s proceedings. Godwin would say Only that jurors did t have to Rule on both charges. Jurors were to return to court wednesday to begin the punishment phase of the trial. In closing arguments earlier tuesday prosecutor Casey o Brien replayed several segments of tapes of conversations secretly recorded for police by Holloway a former brother in Law. Terry Harper the state s Star witness. Quot you listen to that tape. You Don t hear fear in her voice. You hear hate. She s consumed with  o Brien said. On the tape. Harper asked Holloway Don t want to do ii. I Llund or Quot it you  Quot it s not that i Don t want to do it. I just have to get the  Holloway replied. A but defence attorney Sian Schneider told jurors in state did not prove its ease against i follow a. A Terry Harper is unbelief Able lie s a  Schneider said adding that none of the other witnesses corroborated Harper s testimony. Holloway s daughter Shanna Harper lost a bid for a Junior High cheer leading squad to Amber Heath in the seventh Grade. And Shanna was disqualified from eighth Grade Competition for illegal electioneering after distributing free rulers and pencils with her name printed on them. Amber now is on the freshman cheer leading squad at c Channelview High. Shanna did no to try out for the squad this Spring after her mothers  outraged at teen s killing new Orleans apr he got out of a stolen Van. Police bulletins said he had tried to kill two people with a Mili tary style assault pistol. Within minutes police shot and killed Corey Horton. The police version is that the 16-year-old Black was killed aug. 24 after he grabbed sgt. Addie Fanguy a gun and wounded the officer in the leg. But witnesses say Horton was on the ground arms in a surrender position when police shot him Point Blank. The killing has outraged civil libertarians and Black Community leaders who said it was part of a pattern of police violence against minorities. A from what one can deduce from eyewitness accounts Corey Horton was executed by members of the new Orleans police department Quot said Shirley Pedler head of the american civil liberties Union in new Orleans. In separate rallies last weekend hundreds carried signs and made speeches accusing the police of terrorism and murder. Protesters marked the spot where Horton was killed w Ith a Chalk outline of a body and the words Quot Corey Horton executed 8-24-1 Quot Horton was killed on a saturday afternoon at an intersection in a residential neighbourhood near the fair grounds race track. Four officers had stopped him after spotting the stolen Van. In a meeting thursday with Black leaders. Deputy chief Antoine Saacks said Fanguy and officer Frank Polito killed Horton after the youth whirled around and grabbed Fanguy Sun. A there was a fight Over the officer s weapon. Both the officer and Horton had Possession of the gun at some time during the struggle. He shot the officer and was shot a Saacks said. But Gary Bizal an attorney for Horton a family said he and his investigator have talked to More than a half dozen witnesses who say Horton was t fighting running or shooting. "1 think they be got a problem. There s just too Many  Bizal said. Police said they talked to some of the witnesses and found they did no to actually see it but were repeating what they had been told. Paulme Horton Mother of slain 16-year-old Corey Horton is comforted by Beverly Jenkins at a prayer meeting in new Orleans on tuesday. Their reluctance is understandable said Community activist Pat Bryant. A the people who saw it done to have any Confidence in this police department investigating itself a he said. One passenger in the Van with Horton a his brother Anthonys pregnant 18-year-old Girlfriend. Alethia Smith a was treated roughly. Bizal said. Afterwards. Smith began bleeding internally and her fetus died monday after a caesarean Section Bizal said. Fanguy remains on sick leave Defillo said tuesday. He said Polito has been As signed to the homicide division to help investigate Horton a death and Fanguy will be assigned with him when he returns to work. Officers Robert Canedo and Cristy Williams did not shoot and Are Back on the Street police said. Corey Horton was wanted in connection with the shooting of two youths aug. 12 in the St. Bernard housing project near his Home said sgt. Marlon Defillo a police spokesman. Police said Corey and Anthony Horton fired semiautomatic weapons at the other youths to Settle a dispute. Wands Holloway tuesday. Enters the a courtroom Man indicted in . Crash denied bail new York apr a judge tuesday denied bail for a Motorman indicted on five counts of murder in last week s High Speed subway crash. New Yorkus deadliest in >3 years. Robert Ray 38. Was indicted by a grand jury on five counts of second degree murder by depraved indifference. Assistant District attorney Dan Brownel said. Ray who faces a sentence of 13 years to life in prison if convicted stood silently As the grand jury action was revealed at a bail hearing before acting state Justice Brenda Solol f. Ray initially was charged with five counts of manslaughter. At a news conference after the hearing Manhattan District attorney Robert Morgenthau said the charges were raised to murder because of new evidence including indications that Ray fell asleep at the controls and failed to use the brakes. Ray was picked up near his Bronx Home a Lew Houis alter last weeks crash. He told police he had been drinking before and alter the crash. Defense attorney Michael Parson asked that Ray be released on bail saying he had Quot no prior arrest record not even a traffic  but in denying bail the judge noted that Ray had left the scene. A a in a not in a position to evaluate his motives Quot Solol f said. A but Given the irresponsible Way that he acted it indicates something about his probability of returning to  the East Side subway was Back in service tuesday for the first Post labor Day Rush hour. I he Lexington Avenue line normally serves 500, Mil riders a Day linking suburban commuter railroads at grand Central terminal with the financial District and government Ollices downtown. I he Loree of the crash just North of the 14th Streel Union Square station Tore apart two of the 10 cars and smashed some 22 steel columns that support the roof Over the subway Tunnel. In addition to the deaths More than 145 people were injured