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Show Daily Utah Chronicle Tuesday, January M ,.' ' M v I on defense efforts to see the service records of state troopers involved in the investigation and the ethnic breakdown of the grand jury that handed up the indictment Williams is SOMERVILLE, N.J. Once a fierce NBA rebounder and wisecracking TV commentator, Jayson Williams is now a defendant who hopes to avoid a long prison sentence in the shooting death of a limo driver. Jury selection from an expected pool of 300 begins Tuesday and might last until the end of the month. The manslaughter trial was moved to a neighboring county because of publicity. Williams The has been free on baiL His lawyers maintain the fatal shooting at his estate nearly two years ago was accidental. Williams, a former All-Stcenter for the New Jersey Nets, is accused of shooting the driver, then trying to cover it up. Manslaughter and witness tampering are among the seven charges that could carry up to 55 years in prison. His trial comes as Kobe Bryant's sexual assault case proceeds in Colorado, putting a spotlight on two prominent basketball players charged with serious crimes. Bryant's next hearing dates are Feb. ...i .7 r j I - i . black. That is a risky defense strategy, said Alan Zegas, a lawyer who has led defense attorney organizations. "They're going to want to be sure they choose jurors that will be blind to race," Zegas said. According to prosecution documents, Williams wiped the gun and tried to put the victim's hand or fingerprints on it; he removed his clothing, jumped into a pool and put on new clothes. He told guests they must agree the shooting was a suicide and tell police they had been downstairs, the documents said. Williams retired from the Nets in 2000 after a decade in the NBA, unable to overcome a broken leg from a year earlier. He was one of the game's big personalities, always quick r. He was suswith a pended from his job as an NBA analyst for NBC after the ar one-line- 2-- 3- Costas Christofi, " i Is '"V K i f " ? ,4 : V j X x shooting. "Jurors give verdicts to people that they like," said Houston lawyer David Berg, author of "The Trial Lawyer WTiat it Takes to Win." "Nowhere, you've got an extremely charming man." In his 2000 memoir "Loose Balls," Williams wrote that while on a range at his estate he almost shot New York Jets wide receiver Wayne Chrebet In 1994, Williams was charged with reckless and possession of a weapon after shots were fired at an unoccupied security vehicle outside the Nets' arena. He never admitted shooting at the truck. He entered a pretrial intervention program and spent a year preaching gun safety to children. He placed an ad in The Record of Hackensack in 1995 that said: "Shoot for the top. Shoot for your future. Shoot Baskets, not Guns." Williams completed the program a year later, and the charges against him were dis- was 55, He had driven Williams' friends from a Harlem Globetrotters show in Bethlehem, Pa., to a restaurant, then to the 65 acre, estate in Alexandria Township. Two guests pleaded guilty killed Feb. f 14, 2002. 40-roo- m Jv y i ( w . .... ...... - " a i ' i. T r.tr she first time in his relatively young career, Ute soph- irr.ire Richard Chancy has been named men's basketball Player of the Week for the Mountain West Conferer.ce. 4 forward, who has begun to emerge this sealie son as one of the L'tes" top offensive threats, set a career-h:cwith points in a 9 victory over Pepperdine on !,n. 5. sChaney made attempts from beyond the three- h "6-6- point arc and shot 16 overall. Two days later, in a relatively easy win over Whitworth, Chancy had 14 points and four boards and a career-bethree steals. Overall, Chaney is the second leading scorer on the Utah roster, averaging 12.9 points per game, while adding four rebounds a game and shooting a blistering 53Qo from the floor. 10-f- or st fi-- f was hard to believe. Dan Marino? Wearing a pinstripe suit rather than jersey No. 13, Marino rejoined the Dolphins on Monday to resume his quest for a Super Bowl ring. The hope is that he can achieve as an inexperienced executive what he was unable to accom- - Chris Bellamy plish in 17 seasons at quarterback. "It has been a dream of mine to get back into football," Marino said. "I love everything about this place. To me I'm back home again." Since retiring, Marino said, he often talked with Dolphins owner Wayne Huizenga about returning to the organization. But his interest was a well-ke- ; j -- lah Holiday Salt Lake f t -- . i 1 BONE XO PICK? A. 2 Write letters to the editor: LETrEKSCHKONICLE.irrAH.tDU CD ! 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"I didn't know how to react," Miami defensive tackle Larry Chester said. "I was like, 'Dan Marino? He's a player. Wow !" Having him here is a major plus. Dan Marino is MiamL With him pulling the reins, I see nothing but good things. I just wish he was coming back to play." Marino will report directly to Jones. Spielman and Wannstedt will report to Marino. vSpielman will have final ueoenjiuaes Gourmet g BRIDAL BOUTIQUE .1' Burgers, Cheese Fries, Delectable Sandwiches, Salads and More! Open for Take-O- ut ItiAimuG and 7 Days a Week. Dine-i- Join us for ihe l'remir of the Augusta Jones Bridal Collection n M 9 Locations along the V January 1.1th 10am to 7pm Wasatch Front, Including: 03 East 4th South 2254 South 12C3 East January & lf-tl- i 17th Hkim to 5 Jm vr.fietrainingtabls.com Appojnimrjis Preferred En 1 's,. II,.z 1 i Y f XOiL K. l.. soioon-iiof77fc South M) lira-- nt missed. MEN'S HOOPS days while Huizenga and team president Eddie Jones interviewed seven candidates for the new position of general manager. One of them. Rick Spiel-ma- n, was promoted to that job Monday: Spielman was the Dolphins' personnel boss under coach Dave Waruistedt since 2000. A second new position was rJ since 199L "One thing the defense wants is people who will not hold his celebrity status against him," said Robert Zatorski, a criminal defense lawyer in Saddle Brook and a former assistant prosecutor in Hudson County. Race could play a role based created for Marino. "We just felt we needed another football person in our operation," Jones said. "We continued from page 5 were fortunate enough to come up with Dan Marino." 19th in school history. He also His return to the Dolphins Keith Van Horn for cawas a stunner in part because passed reer the deal came together so The Utes now head home to pt secret during the past endan-germe- Hunterdon County prosecutor Marino to be Dolphins senior vice president DAY1E, Fla. Tall and tan, the most proline passer in NFL r - r y ftxd before a cluster of microphones, looking very mivh like he did during his n four years ago. d Still, when he began to discuss his new job as the Miami IVphins senior vice presifootball operations, it dent to tampering with evidence, one for wiping the shotgun that killed Christofi, the other for hiding Williams' clothes. Both agreed to testify against him. Williams' lawyer, Joseph Hayden Jr., and a defense spokeswoman did not return several messages. Hayden will be joined by Washington lawyer Billy Martin. Opposing them will be Steven Lember, first assistant tt 2004 Williams trial ready to go ! , 13, o Kt. Salt !k en 'r vfutr Ciu further tfrUuls; |
