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Thursday, March 09, 2000
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In Brief
Strohmeyer plans
to appeal decision
Convicted child killer Jeremy Strohmeyer will continue his effort to overturn his guilty plea in the May 1997 rape and murder of 7-year-old Sherrice Iverson, according to a court document.
District Judge Joseph Bonaventure in February denied Strohmeyer's request for a jury trial in which he would face a possible death sentence.
Las Vegas attorney Carmine Colucci, who represents Strohmeyer, on Friday filed a notice of intent to appeal the judge's findings to the Nevada Supreme Court. No hearings have been scheduled.
Strohmeyer's attorneys in February sought a new trial, saying they had new evidence that indicated David Cash, a friend of Strohmeyer's, killed Iverson in a Primm casino restroom stall. The attorneys said Cash may then have fed the inebriated Strohmeyer the information included in his detailed confessions. Prosecutors ridiculed the argument and said surveillance video disproved the claims.
The judge concluded Strohmeyer did the crimes and deserved the life sentences he accepted as part of his plea agreement in September 1998.
Man wins damages
in malpractice case
A District Court jury awarded a Las Vegas man $1.2 million Wednesday in a medical malpractice case.
Michael J. Marquez had contended he was misdiagnosed when he sought treatment at Southwest Medical Associates after he was assaulted in December 1994.
Attorney Ronald Flinders, who with lead counsel Robert Vannah represented the plaintiff, said doctors at Southwest twice examined Marquez's face without diagnosing a fracture.
Flinders said Marquez' injuries had worsened by the time he was diagnosed properly in January 1995.
Marquez filed a lawsuit against Southwest and three doctors, two of whom settled before trial, Flinders said.
The jury on Wednesday awarded Marquez $1.2 million in damages in the trial heard by District Judge Mark Denton.
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