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Lawyers want trial judge's testimony

WXVT-TV Delta News, www.WXVT.com

New Orleans, LA

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Lawyers for a former New Orleans policewoman condemned for murder and the cousin condemned for helping her want their trial judge called as a witness in new appeals.

Attorneys for Rogers LaCaze want Judge Frank Marullo to testify about allegations he once signed a handgun from the court's evidence room out to Antoinette Frank, later convicted of killing her partner and two others at a restaurant.

Judge Laurie White heard arguments Friday, but did not immediately rule. She set two more hearings Oct. 15. One is on LaCaze's motion to remove Marullo from the case. The other is for a separate motion by Frank, also asking for a new judge.

Prosecutors accused the defenses of judge-shopping in an attempt to cancel the convictions and death sentences handed down in 1995.

Information from: The Times-Picayune, http://www.nola.com

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