European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 2, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday april 2, 1992 waiting for Gotti verdict lawyers for John Gotti gather tuesday outside the fed eral courthouse in Brooklyn n.y., after judge i. Leo Glasser gave final instructions to a jury deliberating charges against the reputed mob Boss. Gottis attorneys from left Albert Krieger John Mitchell and Antho Simi Valley Calif. Apr a policeman accused of striking the most blows in the videotaped beating of Rodney g. King defended himself on the witness stand tuesday saying a i was completely in fear for my  later prosecutors seized on a defense mistake to introduce the Issue of Kings race into the trial. King is Black the four defendants charged in the March 1991 beating Are White. Deputy District attorney Terry White questioned officer Laurence m. Powell about a computer message sent shortly after the beating in which he mentioned gorillas in the Mist in reference to a Black family. Powell a lawyer Michael Stone battled outside the jury a presence to keep the statement out of evidence citing an agreement not to bring it up. But White said Stone opened the door with other questions about computer messages sent after the beating. Superior court judge Stanley Weisberg agreed. With jurors Back in the courtroom White read the message a sounds almost exciting As our last Call. It was right out of gorillas in the Mist. The other officer responded a Cha a a. Let me guess who be the  part of Powell a response was a Good  a emr. Powell this last Call you handled involved a by the Washington Post Miami a the Marathon trial of Manuel Antonio Noriega moved toward a finish tuesday As a Federal prosecutor denounced the former panamanian Leader As a nothing More than a corrupt crooked and Rotten  a Manuel Antonio Noriega was a Man of great great Power who used that Power a to trick the Dea the Cia and the gringos a assistant . Attorney Myles Malman declared As he began the governments summation in the seven month Case. A the sold his uniform his army and his Protection to a murderous International gang known As the Medellin  Noriega a chief lawyer Frank Rubino skipped tuesdays session to prepare for his closing argument expected wednesday. Malman spoke for More than three hours As he at by Cardinale a failed in their demands for a mistrial monday. They raised objections after . Attorney Andrew Maloney suggested that evidence in the trial might cause jurors to fear for their safety. The judge directed the jury to disregard Maloney a comment. Family of african americans did no to it a White asked.  a and you described them As gorillas a he asked. A no a Powell said. Earlier Powell told jurors he had been attacked by i was completely in fear for my life. A police officer Laurence m. Powell King and thought the Motorist was under the influence of the hallucinogenic drug pc. Powell said he tried to handcuff King Only to be thrown off his Back. A i was completely in fear for my life scared to death that if the Guy got up again he was going to take my gun and there would be a shooting and i did everything i could to keep him Down on the ground a Powell said. On trial with Powell Are former officer Timothy wind 31 sgt. Stacey c. Koon 41 and officer Theodore j. Briseno 39. Tempted to weave the testimony of More than 80 witnesses and hundreds of exhibits presented to the jury. But much of his argument seemed a preemptive strike against Rubinos expected attack on the credibility of government witnesses. At one Point Malman acknowledged that Noriega a accusers seemed to come out of a some version of a Grade b gangster  Noriega is charged in a 10-count indictment with taking millions of dollars in bribes in Exchange for turning his country into a Safe Haven for Money laundering and drug smuggling by colombians Medellin Cartel. The governments Case has contained Little hard documentary evidence. Instead prosecutors have been forced to rely almost entirely on verbal testimony much of it hearsay from an assortment of convicted drug dealers pilots and Money launderers offered reduced sentences and other incentives for their testimony. The stars and stripes a Page 7court won t free Tyson for Appeal of rape Case from wire reports Indianapolis a a court rejected Mike Tyson a request to be freed while he appeals his rape conviction. The Indiana court of appeals rejected the request without explanation in a two sentence order. Chief judge v. Sue Shields declined to explain the reasons. Tyson a lawyer said the Boxer planned to Appeal to the Indiana supreme court. Tyson the former heavyweight boxing Champion went to prison thursday after being sentenced to six years for rape and criminal deviate conduct. He was convicted of assaulting a Beauty pageant contestant in his Indianapolis hotel room in  halts office move Washington a the Cia is suspending a $1.4 billion project to consolidate the Agency a scattered offices and move Many of them to West Virginia director Robert Gates said tuesday. Gates cited budget constraints and increasing costs As reasons for deferring the plan. The proposal called for consolidating 21 Cia offices now in the Virginia suburbs to West Virginia and another site in Prince William county va., relocating 6,000 Agency employees. It would not have changed the Agency s Headquarters which is in Langley a. Lost boy found dead in Box Leavenworth Kan. Police looking for a missing 4-year-old boy with Downs syndrome found his naked body in a cardboard Box sealed under Concrete on his Back porch authorities said. A medical examiner said the body found monday appeared to be that of 4-year-old Steven Brown who suffered from congenital mental deficiency. He said the boy had been dead for about a month and showed signs he had been mistreated before his death. The boy had lived most of his life in a 4-by-6-foot closet the officials said. No one was arrested so  owner convicted Dallas a a Federal court jury tuesday found Jarrett Woods former owner of the Western savings association guilty of defrauding the Thrift of millions of dollars to cover up bad Loans and pay off gambling debts. Woods was convicted on All 35 counts. Sentencing is set for june 18.Coal conspirators guilty Charleston . Thirteen companies and 15 individuals pleaded guilty tuesday to conspiring to circumvent Laws on Coal dust sampling. They were among dozens of companies and individuals charged last october with conspiring with a consulting firm Triangle research inc., to falsify reports sent to the Federal mine safety and health administration. Thirteen other defendants pleaded guilty last month in Pikeville by. The remaining cases will be settled Friday in Abingdon va., were tuesdays pleas were entered said assistant . Attorney Phil Scott in Charleston. A sentencing Date Wasny to set. The scheme enabled Coal operators with unhealthy Coal dust Levels in their mines to avoid detection . Attorney Mike Carey said.6 bodies found in Cabin Bolivar Tenn. A six bodies were found next to each other tuesday in the burned out remains of a Remote Cabin where neighbors said an illegal High stakes gambling game was usually de monday nights. Elphus Hicks Hardeman county a sheriff said foul play was suspected but he did not know a motive. The two room Cabin was used for gambling drinking and carousing said four neighbors who spoke on condition of anonymity. Monday was for High rollers and there would typically be thousands of dollars on the table one neighbor said. Officer in King beating says he feared for his life Noriega called trickster As trial nears end