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Show The Salt Lake Tribune NATION ere sniper suspects partners in crime or masterandservant? companion, fellow suspect Lee Boyd Malvo. The men’s relationship has become a key and complex ele- ment in each case, with all sides painting different portraits ofthe dynamic. Muhammad’s defense team | has said evidence points toward the young suspect as the triggerman. Malvo’s attorneys now say the older man was so domineering that they are basing an insanity defense on the argument that the teen was indoctrinated to the point he could no longer tell right from wrong. Malvo’s prosecutors portray it differently, saying the teen laughed about the shootings that induced a wave of fear in the Washington, D.C., region during a three-week spree last October, and admitted pulling the trigger in several shootings. At a hearing earlier this month, Malvo took the Fifth Amendment when he was asked Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. The state will have to show not only that Muhammad participated in a murder, but that the intent was to influence the government or to intimidate the civilian population. Muhammad’s defense team has revealed little about how they will fend off ‘prosecutors’ claims that Muhammad served as captain of a two-man “killing mad was the “instigator and moving spirit.” —. The two charges raise questions for prosecutors about how (el idence could bolster the case that Muhammad and Malvo were a team participating in acts of terrorism, but that same evi- dence might weaken the argument that Muhammad was an instigator of the shootings. Also, the simple fact that two defendants, in separate trials, have the option to blame the other complicates matters for prosecutors, Cleary said. For Malvo, whose trial for a Fairfax County killing was moved 200 miles to Chesapeake, the direct evidence is more WOULD YOU LIKE TO STOP SMOKING? 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For instance, one piece of ev- RECEIVE! wn 1350 CASHBACK ** CALL FOR DETAILS *** WONTHS TxXPERES NIN Lake/So Weber/No Utah County LeaLE) (yf id MANASSAS, Va. — Perhaps the biggest mystery remaining before trial begins Tuesday for sniper suspect John Allen Muhammadis the true nature ofhis @ relationship with his teenage _ away from his mother in Florida in October 2001 to join Muhammad in Bellingham, Wash. Prosecutors and legal experts also warn that the relationship gives rise to unique challenges in the cases. “The public has a very strong view of how this case should turn out, but they don’t necessarily have an appreciation of the complex legal and evidentiary decisions a judge has to make,” said James Willett, one of three prosecutors in the Muhammad case, which has been moved 200 miles to Virginia Beach to ensure a fair trial. Prosecutors will try to pull off arare feat in Muhammad’strial: obtaining a death penalty in a shooting death for a defendant whodidn’t pull the trigger. Muhammad faces two capital counts for the sniper shooting of Dean Harold Meyers, 53, of Gaithersburg, Md., while he pumped gas near Manassas on Oct. 9, 2002. One charge is the first prosecution under an anti-terrorism law passed by Virginia after the Lo] es ic TheAssociated Press [Ly]LeaLa) By Marraew BarRakat Defense lawyers argue that Muhammad can only get the death penalty if he was a triggerman in the killings, while prosecutors say recent case law shows LE)LoaLoaLo) s: As the trial for John Muhammad begins Tuesday, prosecutors face an array oflegal wranglings sees ed ed ad Ag Sunday, October 12, 2003 They could blame Malvo out- right, or they could simply argue that prosecutors don’t have the evidence to convict their client, without ever pointing the finger at Malvo. Robert Cleary, a former U.S. attorney who prosecuted Un- abomber Theodore Kaczynski, said he suspects Muhammad’s defense will explicitly blame _ Malvo. 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