Defense attorneys for three men charged with smuggling Cuban baseball players into the United States have been rebuffed in their bid to move their upcoming criminal trial to Miami. Among other things, the lawyers apparently figured that Miami jurors would be more sympathetic to their clients' efforts to get Cubans out of Fidel Castro's Cuba. But last week, without explanation, U.S. District Judge K. Michael Moore denied the request.
April 04, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Defense attorneys for three men charged with smuggling Cuban baseball players into the United States asked to move their upcoming criminal trial scheduled for Key West, Fla., to Miami.
Among other things, they figured that Miami jurors would be more sympathetic to their clients’ efforts to get Cubans out of Fidel Castro’s Cuba.
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