Re: James McManus comments re: Tabish/Murphy acquittals
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I thought they were both convicted.
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They were convicted, then the Nevada Supreme Court reversed the conviction because the prosecutors in the original case basically tried to try two cases at once, one involving Tabish and Murphy (the Binion murder), the other involving only Tabish, and the only connection between the two being a pair of thumb cuffs apparently.
They were acquitted in the retrial following the reversal.
I haven't read any murder-themed articles by McManus post-acquittal, but based on the tone of the afterword in "Positively Fifth Street" (and the fact that therein he makes clear that he has no clue as to what a defense attorney's role in a trial is) my guess is he's upset at the ruling and can't figure out how it happened.
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