European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 3, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 c the stars and stripes tuesday december 3,1991 a judge Mary Lupo exhibits a judicial Rule Book before the Start of the William Kennedy Smith trial. Prosecutor Calls conduct of Smith cruel violent West Palm Beach Fla. A the evidence against William Kennedy Smith will show that he raped a Young Mother in conduct that was a cruel violent and against her will a a prosecutor told jurors monday. Prosecutor Moira Lasch opened her Case against Smith by portraying the accuser As a victim who cowered in a Kitchen of the Kennedy estate trying to escape further attack. When she told Smith a you raped me a Lasch said he replied a no i did no to. And no ones going to believe you  she said the woman delayed reporting the rape because she feared police would do nothing. A the was a famous prominent person. She was an unknown person a she said. Smith attorney Roy Black told a drastically different Story of a a totally consensual act of love Between two people a under the Moonlight. He said there was a a Mutual attractions Between the woman and Smith that they hugged and kissed and a got into foreplay before sexual Intercourse. He suggested the woman Felt rejected afterwards and made up a Story of rape because a she had expectations Here that were not  the lawyers spoke after a judge barred prosecutors from calling As witnesses three other women who claim Smith sexually attacked them. Circuit judge Mary Lupos tersely worded decision a crucial Victory for Smiths rape defense followed nearly two hours of arguments that ended less than 40 minutes before the opening statements. There was no immediate word on whether the state would Appeal. Earlier lawyers selected a three Man three woman convict escapes Baltimore apr a convicted murderer serving a life sentence escaped from his cell by fleeing along prison rooftops before dropping to the ground using a rope made of cloth. He remained at Large sunday. Harold Dean 40, broke out through an 8-Inch by 14-Inch window at the downtown Maryland correctional adjustment Center on saturday afternoon said Gregory Shipley a state prisons spokesman. It was the first escape from Maryland Stop Security lockup nicknamed a a Superman a which was designed for problem prisoners. Dean mane Vered through Rolls of razor Sharp barbed wire on the roof using blankets or a jacket to pad his Way. The breakout was discovered perhaps As Long As an hour after it happened when a guard noticed jury to decide Smiths Fate. The mostly solemn Smith greeted More than 200 reporters and spectators with a tight lipped smile As he entered the Palm Beach county courthouse this morning with his Mother Jean Kennedy Smith brother Stephen sister Amanda Smith and other supporters and defense team members. With the jury outside a prosecutor recounted the claims of three women who came Forward last july to accuse Smith for the first time publicly. Ellen Roberts an assistant state attorney said their testimony was relevant and would support the 30-year-old Jupiter residents testimony that she was raped March 30 at the Kennedy family s Palm Beach estate. Black argued that their testimony failed to show a a strikingly unique pattern in Smiths behaviour or to Rove that the accuser did not consent to sex with Mith. A in this Case there a one material be and that a the Issue of consent a Black said quoting court rulings that one persons Lack of consent does no to prove another persons Lack of consent. He also poked holes in the other women a stories saying they were inconsistent. One of the other women claims Smith raped her while two said Smith halted his attacks. Black said sworn statements from one who says she was raped indicate she did no to resist Smith and wanted to stay with him afterwards. Smith at times turned his face away and Shook his head As the prosecutor detailed the women a claims. Smith a 31-year-old medical school graduate and Nephew of sen. Edward m. Kennedy d-mass., could get up to 4vz years in prison if  Superman cloth fragments on the wire. The prisoner used a jury rigged rope made of cloth to lower himself is feet to the ground. A Trail of blood indicated he Cut himself on the wire despite the cloth padding. Dean was serving a life sentence plus 105 years for murder armed robbery and assault. He robbed a courier and wounded an armoured car guard in 1981, before killing a Tow truck Driver who chased the getaway car. He broke his foot in a failed escape attempt from the Maryland Penitentiary in 1985, and was one of the first inmates transferred to the downtown prison after it opened in 1989. Superman houses 280 of Maryland a most dangerous criminals who were sent there because of escape attempts or other disciplinary problems.  at Reagan Home turns out to be false from wire reports los Angeles a a false alarm brought firefighters to the Bel air Home of former president Reagan on sunday. But no fire was found. Four fire companies rolled to the sex presidents Home in the neighbourhood near Beverly Hills said fire department spokesman Michael Little. Little said he was Uncertain whether anyone was Home at the time of the afternoon 911 emergency Call. He said that operators generally can Tell the origin of.911 Calls but that the information was being withheld. A Telephone message left at Reagan a office was not returned. Reagan and his wife Nancy moved into the ranch style Home in january 1989 after he left office. Friends bought the House for them in 1986 at a Cost of $2.5 million. The single Story 6,500-Square-foot Home is 37 years old.2 girls 2 women slain new York a two girls and two women were found shot to death sunday in a Brooklyn apartment left littered with 9mm Shell casings. Police said a gunman or gunmen who remained at Large sunday shot All four victims several times a firing at least one Bullet into each persons Skull. Investigators said they think the attack occurred sometime sunday morning. The victims were identified As Nadia Williams 11 Damali Poumale 14 Sharon Robertson 24 and Pauline Henry 35. According to authorities Henry had been in new York for Only one week visiting from her native Jamaica. Police capt. Richard Ward said Pournell and Williams were cousins. Williams father whose name authorities did not release was Robertson a estranged Boyfriend. Ward said detectives sought to locate the Boyfriend sunday for questioning although they did not consider him a suspect. The Captain said the apartment had not been ransacked although the women a jewelry appeared to be missing. He said officers found no evidence of drug involvement or of forced entry. A they the victims very possibly knew their attackers. Ward  changes mind Tallahassee Fla. The Florida supreme court has retreated from an opinion that said a death sentence could be overturned if a murder were committed during a Domestic dispute. Advocates for victims of Domestic violence charged that the courts original sept. S decision was typical of a tendency to treat Domestic crimes less seriously than others. The justices issued a revised opinion last week deleting All references to Domestic disputes in the reversal of Victor Klokocs death sentence for the 1988 murder of his 19-year-old daughter. Testimony indicated that i Klokoc who pleaded guilty shot his daughter to spite his wife who had left him after years of abuse. The court originally agreed with Klokoc who armed that the death sentence was disproportionate because capital punishment was not ordered in previous slayings arising from Domestic disputes. In the revised minion the justices cited As mitigating factors Klokocs mental disorders and Camuy history of emotional disturbances. They recommended a life sentence without possibility of parole for 25  victim 10, Dies san Luis Obispo Calif. A Ryan Thomas a boy with aids who won a Federal court Battle to stay in class after he was kicked out of kindergarten has died. He was 10. The boy was infected with the aids virus through a blood transfusion he received shortly after his premature birth. He gained National attention at age 4 when his parents won a 10-month Federal court Battle to ave him attend Santa Rosa Road elementary school in the Atascadero unified school District. After he was suspended for biting a student during a schoolyard scuffle his parents won another ruling allowing him to return to class