LAS VEGAS — O.J. Simpson has switched lawyers on the eve of his appeal to the Nevada Supreme Court to reverse his conviction in an armed hotel room heist, his former attorney said Friday.
Las Vegas attorney Gabriel Grasso said he had been replaced by Malcolm Lavergne, a move he attributed to an unspecified rift with Simpson’s longtime lawyer, Yale Galanter.
Simpson, 61, is serving nine to 33 years in Lovelock State Prison, northeast of Reno, for his October conviction in kidnapping and robbing two sports memorabilia dealers at gunpoint in September 2007 in a Las Vegas hotel room.
Galanter said he remains in charge of the case but needs a Nevada lawyer to appear with him there.
Galanter said Simpson’s appeal will be filed with the state Supreme Court by Tuesday’s deadline.
by the associated press
Las Vegas attorney Gabriel Grasso said he had been replaced by Malcolm Lavergne, a move he attributed to an unspecified rift with Simpson’s longtime lawyer, Yale Galanter.
Simpson, 61, is serving nine to 33 years in Lovelock State Prison, northeast of Reno, for his October conviction in kidnapping and robbing two sports memorabilia dealers at gunpoint in September 2007 in a Las Vegas hotel room.
Galanter said he remains in charge of the case but needs a Nevada lawyer to appear with him there.
Galanter said Simpson’s appeal will be filed with the state Supreme Court by Tuesday’s deadline.
by the associated press
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