SIMPSON DEFENSE: DROP CHARGES AGAINST O.J.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Kidnapping and robbery charges against O.J. Simpson should be dropped, his lawyer argued Wednesday at the close of a preliminary hearing to determine whether he should stand trial in an alleged armed robbery of sports memorabilia dealers.
The lawyer, Gabriel Grasso, told a Las Vegas justice of the peace it was unclear if prosecutors considered the act of luring the two dealers to a hotel room the alleged act of kidnapping – or whether the charge was based on a confrontation that followed.
"This is clearly overcharging," he said.