LOS ANGELES : Denny Defendant Asks for Dismissal of Case
Lawyers for Damian Monroe Williams, who is charged with attempting to murder truck driver Reginald O. Denny during the riots last spring, asked a judge Thursday to dismiss the case.
In a motion filed in Superior Court, Williams’ new lawyers said that the firm that represented Williams during his preliminary hearing intentionally sabotaged his defense by allowing a statement that Williams made to police to be played. Williams says in that tape-recorded statement that he hit Denny with a rock.
Frederick Celani, the former deputy director of the Center for Constitutional Law and Justice, which then represented Williams, has said in a statement to The Times that he was an agent of the federal government and that he intentionally sought out and sabotaged Williams’ case. Celani has since been arrested and charged with fraud in an unrelated case.
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