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An Update of the Nichols' Case

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"Nichols' lawyers, public defender office reach funding agreement," is the AP report via the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer.Lawyers for accused courthouse shooter Brian Nichols and officials with the state public defender's office appear to be making some progress in resolving the funding issues that have thus far delayed Nichols' murder trial. At a hearing Thursday, Superior Court Judge James Bodiford had planned to rule on a motion by the Georgia Public Defender Standards Council to reconfigure Nichols' defense team in order to control defense costs. But Bodiford said the two sides had a "meeting of the minds" before the hearing, meaning he wouldn't rule on the motion. Instead, he approved an agreement reached between the council and Nichols' lawyers...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 07, 2008 (boomark / email).