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Wednesday, January 06, 2010
Ind. Courts - "Camm lawyers renew special prosecutor request, citing book deal"
Ben Zion Hershberg reports this afternoon in the Louisville Courier Journal:
Lawyers for David Camm have renewed their request for a special prosecutor for his retrial, disputing Floyd County Prosecutor Keith Henderson’s defense of a book deal on the highly publicized murder case.Despite a court filing by Henderson saying the book deal was contingent on Camm’s guilty verdict being upheld on appeal, the prosecutor’s conflict of interest remains, Camm’s lawyers said.
“The case was still going” during Camm’s appeal when Henderson agreed to the book deal, said Stacy Uliana, one of Camm’s lawyers. She said Henderson participated in the appeal by sitting at the table with lawyers for the Indiana Attorney General’s office who argued before the Indiana Supreme Court in May 2008.
Henderson didn’t return calls Wednesday seeking comment on the filing by Camm’s lawyers, which came late last month in response to his filing against the appointment of a special prosecutor.
Henderson has said in past statements and in court documents that his agreement to write a book about Camm wasn’t a conflict because the publisher understood the deal would be canceled if the verdict was thrown out. The conviction was overturned in June.
“No funds or expense reimbursements whatsoever were retained” once that happened, Henderson said. * * *
Camm’s lawyers have asked for the case to be moved because of publicity in Warrick County and are seeking a hearing on whether Henderson should be replaced.
“We want to see the contract” for the book so the court can determine whether it’s a conflict of interest, Uliana said.
No hearing on the special prosecutor request has been scheduled.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on January 6, 2010 06:17 PM
Posted to Indiana Courts