ALIBI WITNESS COACHED?

Daily News (New York)
March 1, 1995, Wednesday
BYLINE: By MICHELLE CARUSO in Los Angeles and JERE HESTER in New York
SECTION: News Pg. 8
LENGTH: 523 words

The credibility of O.J. Simpson's alibi witness crumbled yesterday as prosecutors charged her testimony was "coached" by the defense.
The latest challenge to Rosa Lopez came after the defense turned over an eight-month-old interview tape a recording that prosecutors said contains "many glaring inconsistencies" with her testimony.
"I have never heard a witness basically coached and told what to say through every bend and turn," said prosecutor Marcia Clark, after listening to the 15-minute tape in Judge Lance Ito's chambers.
The maid, who worked next door to Simpson, has reported seeing the football legend's white Ford Bronco outside his home about the time his ex-wife and her pal were slain on June 12.
But the tape highlighted contradictions in Lopez' statements, including:
She made no mention of seeing the Bronco around the time of the slayings on the July 29 tape and she reported hearing Simpson's voice at 10 p.m., Clark said.
She made no mention of her friend Sylvia Guerra on the tape, in an Aug. 18 statement or on the stand Monday.
But in a July 29 defense report purportedly based on the taped interview Lopez said that Guerra came over for coffee around 9 p.m., stayed for 10 or 15 minutes and made a remark about seeing Simpson's Bronco parked outside.
In the July 29 report, Lopez said she saw Simpson and a passenger drive away in his black Bentley between 8:30 and 9 p.m. In her Aug. 18 statement and on the witness stand she put the time at 9 p.m.
In another wrinkle, Lopez' testimony Monday that she saw the Bronco shortly after 10 p.m. leaves Simpson with a far from airtight alibi.
The defense's opening statement alleged that Lopez saw the vehicle at 10:15 p.m. the time prosecutors claim Simpson killed Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.
Lopez' hazier account could give the football legend time to make the six-minute drive to Nicole's condo.
The jury has not heard Lopez' account and Ito delayed resumption of her testimony until tomorrow to give prosecutors time to prepare their cross-examination.
The judge has ordered her testimony to be video-taped for future use because of fears the media-wary maid will flee to El Salvador.
A tearful Lopez pleaded with the judge to let her return to her homeland but reluctantly agreed to appear tomorrow.
"This is not my fault to work close to Mr. Simpson, to have seen and to have heard," she said through a translator.
Simpson lawyer Johnnie Cochran insisted that the tape doesn't punch holes in Lopez' credibility. "We think she is entirely consistent," he said.
And he angrily denied prosecution contentions that he concealed the tape. Simpson private eye Bill Pavelic claimed yesterday that he didn't tell defense attorneys that he had tape-recorded the interview until Monday.
Meanwhile, newly released transcripts of an in-chambers hearing indicated that Ito might dismiss a juror as soon as today for misconduct.
The "problem" juror is a 46-year-old black man who has worn items bearing the San Francisco 49ers logo the team with which Simpson ended his career.
He would be the fourth juror bounced.

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

Simpson's legal 'dream team' frays at seams

USA TODAY
January 17, 1995, Tuesday, FINAL EDITION
BYLINE: Gale Holland
SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 3A
LENGTH: 407 words
DATELINE: LOS ANGELES

Fierce in-fighting on O.J. Simpson's legal force could force the ouster of one of his marquee-name lawyers, but the team is deep enough to take a loss.
"Even a great baseball team has fights," says civil and criminal lawyer Leo Terrell. "The prosecution still has a very tough case to prove, and that's because of O.J.'s dream team."
Lawyers Robert Shapiro and F. Lee Bailey appear to be in a power struggle - and one of them may not survive.
A clash of egos among the legal talents was to be expected. But the public airing is an embarrassing distraction as the team prepares to lay out its case for the jury Thursday.
Says Loyola University law professor Stanley Goldman, "They're either going to have to kiss and make up, or one of them is going to have to go."
The feud had been simmering for months.
Shapiro says it erupted over news leaks denigrating his role in the case. An internal investigation by former Los Angeles police detective Bill Pavelic traced the leaks to Bailey and his associates, he says.
Shapiro reacted bitterly to the reports, which he described as "very painful." Shapiro and Bailey have a quarter-century of history together.
Shapiro began his climb as a celebrity lawyer representing Bailey in a 1982 drunken-driving case, and he regarded him as a mentor.
Bailey's also a courtroom legend, but his work has been eclipsed of late by others.
But in recent days, it was Shapiro who appeared to slip into the background. Last week, Shapiro sat wordless next to Simpson for three days while Bailey grilled a prosecution domestic violence expert.
"Bailey may be playing more of a role than Shapiro thinks he should be doing," Goldman says.
Eventually, Shapiro threw Bailey out of his Century City offices, took his name off his legal stationery and has refused to drive with him or have his photograph taken with him.
Any change in the chemistry of the team would enhance the growing power of lawyer Johnnie Cochran.
Shapiro said Cochran, who is writing the opening statement, would rule on his request to dump Bailey. Most experts put their money on Shapiro to remain, but Goldman points out Simpson is in charge.
"O.J. can fire any of them he wants, and Bailey's got too much trial experience to pass over," Goldman says.
"It must be infuriating for O.J. Simpson to see important members of his team feuding in public," UCLA law professor Peter Arenella says. "His life is on the line."

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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
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O.J. defense reveals it withheld audiotape State has witness to contradict alibi

The State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL)
February 28, 1995, Sunday, EARLY AND CITY EDITIONS
BYLINE: MATT KRASNOWSKI and NORMA MEYER Copley News Service
SECTION: NEWS, Pg. 1
LENGTH: 792 words
DATELINE: LOS ANGELES

A key witness for O.J. Simpson testified Monday she saw his Bronco at home about the time his ex-wife was killed, as a defense investigator stunned the court by revealing the existence of an audiotape that the defense said didn't exist.

Speaking before a video camera and to an empty jury box, Rosa Lopez, the former maid of Simpson's neighbor, said she saw the Bronco while walking her employer's dog shortly after 10 p.m. on June 12. She said she recalled seeing Simpson's car parked slightly askew from the curve.
"Were you able to see any cars parked out on Rockingham there?" defense lawyer Johnnie Cochran Jr. asked.
"Si. Yes," said Lopez, who spoke through a Spanish interpreter.
"And what car did you see parked out there?" he inquired.
"El Bronco," she replied.
After Lopez was excused for the day, a defense investigator jolted the courtroom by acknowledging he had tape-recorded an undisclosed interview with Lopez last July. Hours earlier, defense attorney Carl Douglas repeatedly told Superior Court Judge Lance Ito that no interviews were recorded. Prosecutors contend the statement made no mention of the Bronco.
In another dramatic development, prosecutors produced a surprise witness, a housekeeper named Sylvia Guerra, who they claim can contradict Lopez's account. Lopez and Guerra were ordered back to court today.
Under questioning by Cochran, Lopez said her employers were in Europe on June 12 and her main task that day was taking care of their golden retriever. She said she walked the dog at 8:15 p.m. and "shortly after" 10 p.m.
The time is critical for Simpson's defense because prosecutors contend his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman, were killed around 10:15 p.m. about two miles away.
Lopez said she wasn't wearing a watch on the night, but checked her bedroom clock every time she left her room to go outside. Prosecutors are expected to seize on that point today in their cross-examination. Lopez in court didn't have her glasses and could not read a monitor less than two feet away. She had to borrow two different pairs of spectacles, one from defense lawyer F. Lee Bailey and another from her own attorney.
The former maid, however, appeared to have a detailed recollection of the events nine months ago. She testified that about 9 p.m., she saw Simpson drive off in his black Bentley with a blonde-haired person.
Simpson house guest Brian "Kato" Kaelin has said he and the Hall of Famer went to get hamburgers at McDonalds about that time.
About 9:30 p.m., Lopez said she heard footsteps coming from Simpson's driveway, became frightened that it was a burglar and closed her drapes. "I was really afraid," Lopez said. "I looked out and duckeddown." After midnight, she said she heard men's voices and Simpson's black Akita dog howling and barking.
"It barked and cried," she said, adding she did not fall asleep until 2 a.m.
Testimony during Simpson's preliminary hearing indicated he had left his home in a limousine for a flight to Chicago about 11 p.m.
The next morning, Lopez said Detective Mark Fuhrman came to her door and she told him what she heard. She said Fuhrman told her police would get back to her.
"I'm still waiting for them," Lopez said.
The defense contends Fuhrman, who is expected to take the stand later this week, is a racist who planted the bloody glove at Simpson's estate to frame
Earlier Monday, Douglas told Ito there were no notes or taped interviews of Lopez to give prosecutors, after revealing the defense failed to turn over a July 28 statement with her as required under evidence laws. Deputy District Attorney Marcia Clark told the judge that the July 28 interview varied considerably from an Aug. 18 statement Lopez made in which the Bronco was mentioned.
As the battle over the undisclosed interview heated up, prosecutors asked that defense investigator Bill Pavelic, who interviewed Lopez, be brought into court and put under oath. Under questioning by Ito, Bill Pavelic said he believed he had some notes about his conversations with Lopez.
"Do you have any tape recordings of any statements?" Ito asked.
"I tape recorded the first statement, which was the July statement,"Bill Pavelic said. Gasps filled the room.
"Tomorrow morning, I'm going to order you to come to court with those items, Ito said.
"I shall do my best to get those items,"Bill Pavelic said.
"No, don't do your best, have them here tomorrow," an irked Ito said.
Before the revelation, Clark suggested the defense attorneys should be disbarred for failing to turn over the statement. She asked Ito to punish the defense in a number of ways, including admonishing jurors that Simpson's attorneys had committed misconduct.
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
TYPE: NEWS

A guide to key players in the Peterson case

The Daily Review (Hayward, CA)
October 29, 2003 Wednesday
SECTION: LOCAL & REGIONAL NEWS
LENGTH: 311 words

DR. HENRY LEE: Forensic authority who has testified in more than 1,000 legal proceedings, including for the defense in the O.J. Simpson double-murder case. Also consulted in JonBenet Ramsey murder and President Kennedy's assassination.
DR. CYRIL WECHT: Nationally recognized forensic expert who examined remains of Modesto's Chandra Levy; coroner of Allegheny County, Pa., which includes Pittsburgh.
BILL PAVELIC: Private investigator and former veteran Los Angeles police detective. Previously worked on O.J. Simpson's defense team.
GARY ERMOIAN: Local private investigator retained when Modesto police began focusing on Scott Peterson. Authorities secretly monitored part of one of his calls to Peterson.
FOR THE PROSECUTION
STEVE JACOBSON: Investigator with the Stanislaus County district attorney's office and former police officer. Supervised wiretaps on Peterson's phones.
JON BUEHLER: Modesto police detective. Amber Frey, Peterson's girlfriend, reported to Buehler after telephone conversations with Peterson, which continued at least a month after Frey went public with their romance.
CRAIG GROGAN: Modesto police detective and lead investigator in the Peterson case. Previously named in a federal lawsuit filed by the family of 11-year-old Alberto Sepulveda, who was killed by another officer during a raid.
AL BROCCHINI: Modesto police detective. Helped escort Peterson from San Diego to Modesto after his arrest in April. Defense lawyers say Brocchini mishandled a hair found in Peterson's boat.
JAMES BRAZELTON: Stanislaus County district attorney since 1996 and a prosecutor since 1985. Previously worked as a policeman and in private practice.
JOHN GOOLD: Chief deputy district attorney since 1999 and former Bay Area policeman. Often serves as a spokesman for the Peterson prosecutors.
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4-HOUR SIEGE FAILS TO TURN UP THEFT SUSPECT BUT A PHONE CALL DOES

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Los Angeles Times
October 31, 1986, Friday, Home Edition
BYLINE: By MICHAEL SEILER and EDWARD J. BOYER, Times Staff Writers
SECTION: Metro; Part 2; Page 6; Column 1; Metro Desk

LENGTH: 413 words

Los Angeles police laid siege for four hours at an Echo Park drugstore Thursday -- only to find when they finally entered after dark that there was no sign of a supposed holdup man believed to have been holding five people hostage.
What heavily armed Special Weapons and Tactics team officers discovered were the owner's wife, a clerk and two customers hiding in a storage room.
Later, a suspect was taken into custody at a home in the area.
Police said the incident began shortly before 3 p.m., when a woman employee at Taylor's Pharmacy, 1700 W. Temple St., ran outside to report that the man who had robbed the place of narcotics two days earlier was paying a return visit.
8 People Rescued
The SWAT team responded, eventually rescuing eight people who did not dare walk down the stairs from a physical rehabilitation center on the second floor, because the stairs went right past the drugstore doorway.
The Glendale Boulevard off-ramp of the Hollywood Freeway and streets for blocks around the pharmacy were closed to traffic.
Hundreds of spectators gathered.
While marksmen trained rifles on the store, police negotiators tried to make contact by telephone, but someone kept hanging up on them.
It turned out that one of the people hiding in the storage room was simply trying to plug in a portable phone and did not have much luck.
At last, owner Shelton Lee, 45, wearied of the bathroom in which he had taken refuge, emerged at about 7 p.m.
Then the officers went in.
"No suspect at the location," Capt. Ron Banks reported. "Apparently before we were able to secure the building, the suspect left."
Late Thursday, police booked James J. Drake, 40, for investigation of robbery in the incident.

Received Call From Neighbor
Officers said they were called to Drake's home on Kensington Road in Echo Park by a neighbor. Drake's mother had sought help from the neighbor after her son began acting irrationally, police said.
"He was sweating and talking excitedly -- symptoms of recent drug use," Detective Bill Pavelic said. "We called him from next door and talked him into surrendering."
Drake was taken to Queen of Angels Hospital for treatment of a possible drug overdose. The victims were taken to the hospital and they were able to identify Drake, officers said.
Detectives said it appeared that the man who entered the pharmacy Thursday afternoon had stolen some drugs.

Times staff writer Nieson Himmel contributed to this article.
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
GRAPHIC: Photo, Members of Los Angeles Police Swat team climbed atop an Echo Park drugstore in which it was believed that an armed man was holding five hostages, above. Lower photo shows LAPD officer watching building from across the street during long police siege. Robert Gabirel; Boris Yaro / Los Angeles Times
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CROSS-EXAMINATION OF DEFENSE WITNESS ROSA LOPEZ CONTINUES

CBS News Transcripts
March 03, 1995, Friday
SHOW: CBS EVENING NEWS (6:30 PM ET)
ANCHORS: DAN RATHER
BYLINE: BILL WHITAKER
LENGTH: 520 words
DAN RATHER, anchor:
At the O.J. Simpson double murder trial today, state attorney Chris Darden pressed his cross-examination of defense witness Rosa Lopez, trying again to question very closely her credibility. With time the key to Simpson's alibi, Darden tried to show that Lopez's recollection of time is not very good. Correspondent Bill Whitaker is covering the Simpson trial.
BILL WHITAKER reporting:
Prosecutor Christopher Darden suggests Rosa Lopez is lying about seeing Simpson's Bronco the night of the murders. With the jury out of the courtroom, Darden played a key interview tape in which he claims defense investigator Bill Pavelic actually feeds Lopez her answers from a piece of paper.
Mr. BILL PAVELIC (Simpson's Attorney): (from tape) ...how long after that did you take the dog for a walk?
Ms. ROSA LOPEZ (Simpson's Neighbor's Housekeeper): I took the dog 10--10:20.
Mr. CHRISTOPHER DARDEN (Prosecution): Did Mr. Bill Pavelic show you a time written on a piece of paper at that point?
Ms. LOPEZ: (Through Translator) No, sir.
WHITAKER: Still, Lopez stuck to her basic story; that some time after 10 that night, around the time prosecutors say the murders were committed, she saw Simpson's Bronco parked outside his house when she went to walk the dog. But under pointed questioning, she says she never meant to state an exact time in the Pavelic interview.
Mr. DARDEN: OK, and when you said 10:15 or 10:20, you said that knowing that you did not know the exact time.
Ms. LOPEZ: (Through Translator) Yes, because I never gave the exact time, sir.
WHITAKER: Then, as Darden hammered away, Lopez admitted she never even left the front yard that night, and contends she walked the dog into the bushes between Simpson's house and the one where she worked, the only spot from which she could have seen the Bronco.
Mr. DARDEN: Were you in the ivy?
Ms. LOPEZ: (Through Translator) Yes, sir.
Mr. DARDEN: Now isn't it true that you never walk into that ivy?
Ms. LOPEZ: (Through Translator) I have to--I have to walk there, sir.
WHITAKER: Lopez admits she remembers little else about that day, but she's certain about the Bronco, and just as certain controversial detective Mark Fuhrman interviewed her the next day.
Mr. DARDEN: And you're telling the truth.
Ms. LOPEZ: (Through Translator) Yes, sir.
Mr. DARDEN: One hundred percent.
Ms. LOPEZ: (Speaks Spanish)
WHITAKER: Defense attorney Johnnie Cochran then set about trying to rehabilitate Simpson's main alibi witness. Lopez told him her answers only seemed evasive in translation.
Ms. LOPEZ: (Through Translator) We speak different dialects, sir. And when I'm saying, 'I don't remember,' I am saying, 'No.'
WHITAKER: Now prosecutors have charged that Lopez was bribed for her testimony. Under questioning by defense attorney Johnnie Cochran, Lopez flatly denied that charge. But the woman who had hoped to be off the stand in a day, instead has undergone a week of grueling questioning. And right now, she's still on the stand. Dan.
RATHER: Bill Pavelic Whitaker in Los Angeles, thanks.
LOAD-DATE: March 03, 1995, Friday
LANGUAGE: English
TYPE: Newscast

Jackson says it is a lie

MX (Melbourne, Australia)
November 25, 2003 Tuesday
SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 6
LENGTH: 426 words
SPEAKS OUT
Michael Jackson has spoken for the first time about the child abuse allegations against him , claiming they are a "big lie".
The singer, who was arrested and granted bail last week, told his fans on a new website his name will be cleared in court.
Jackson, 45, wrote on the site created to deal with the case: "The charges recently directed at me are terribly serious. They are, however, predicated on a big lie. This will be shown in court and we will be able to put this horrible time behind us."
Jackson faces claims of committing multiple lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14. He is expected to be formally charged next week and a trial date has been set for January 9.
If found guilty he could face more than 10 years in prison.
The boy in question is believed to be 12-year-old cancer sufferer Gavin Arvizo. It has been reported that police discovered love letters and poems the singer addressed to him.
Jackson was freed on $4 million bail and is now filming a pop video.
Jackson's defence team has been busy since the King of Pop's arrest, hiring private investigator Zvonko Bill Pavelic to dig up dirt on witnesses for the prosecution.
Bill Pavelic, a former LAPD detective, was also a crucial and controversial behind-the-scenes operator in the O. J. Simpson trial.
To my fans, friends and family:
As you know, the charges recently directed at me are terribly serious.They are, however, predicated on a big lie. This will be shown in court, and we will be able to put this horrible time behind us.
Because the charges are so serious, I hope you all will understand,on the advice of my attorneys, I will be limited in what I can sayabout the situation. There will be times when I cannot comment atall. No doubt, this will be frustrating for all of us.
For that reason, I have set up this website to serve as a source of official communications on my case. Any statement that does notappear on this website must be considered unauthorised.
You are right to be sceptical of some of the individuals who arebeing identified in the mass media as my friends, spokespeopleand attorneys. With few exceptions, most of them are simplyfilling a desperate void in our culture that equates visibility withinsight. We will not engage in speculation. We will not provide
running commentary on every new development or allegation du jour. We intend to try our case in the courtroom, not in the public
or the media.
I thank you all for your support and
understanding.
God bless you,
Michael Jackson.
LOAD-DATE: November 25, 2003
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
JOURNAL-CODE: MEL

Hotline shut down as 'tips' plummet

Hamilton Spectator (Ontario, Canada)
August 25, 1994 Thursday Final Edition
SOURCE: FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS
SECTION: NEWS; Pg. A8
LENGTH: 320 words
DATELINE: LOS ANGELES
Calls to a hot line created for tipsters with possible leads in the O.J. Simpson murder case have dropped off so precipitously in recent weeks that his attorneys have decided for now to pull the plug on the highly publicized effort, members of Mr. Simpson's defence camp said yesterday.
"Like anything, the initial impact was the biggest," said Robert Shapiro, one of Mr. Simpson's attorneys. "Since then, it's worn off some."
In its first week of operation, the toll-free number generated thousands of calls -- Mr. Simpson's attorneys say they logged more than 250,000 tips within days, a rush so intense that they were forced to install extra lines to capture the recorded comments deluging the hot line.
Many of the calls came from people sympathetic to the football star charged with murdering Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Lyle Goldman. Others sought to cash in on Mr. Simpson's offer of a $500,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the "real killer or killers."
But in the weeks since that first burst of phone calls, members of Mr. Simpson's team say the quantity and quality of calls have tapered off dramatically. In recent weeks, tantalizing tips mostly have been replaced by wackier offerings and meddlesome wanna-be investigators, Mr. Simpson's representatives say.
"Initially, it was a very good idea," said Bill Pavelic, an investigative consultant working with the Simpson team who recommended that the hot line be shut down. "We got a lot of good leads. But the calls lately have not been as good. We get people who want to tell us how to do things, not people who have information."
Because of that, the service was temporarily disconnected, and Mr. Shapiro said Mr. Simpson's attorneys expect to decide later this week whether to leave it off permanently. Tuesday, callers to the number got a recorded message saying that the number was "temporarily out of service."

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DRIVER'S RECORD TRACED AFTER 4 DIE

Los Angeles Times
July 8, 1987, Wednesday, Home Edition
BYLINE: By TERRY PRISTIN and CRAIG QUINTANA, Times Staff Writers
SECTION: Metro; Part 2; Page 1; Column 2; Metro Desk
LENGTH: 907 words
A former mental patient arrested last week after a traffic collision in which four people died had been released from a county psychiatric ward only two days earlier, having been confined because of reckless driving, authorities said Tuesday.
The suspect, David Columbus Hasson, 33, who was booked on suspicion of murder, was hospitalized June 17 after his father and a friend told police that "he had been driving up and down the street trying to hit people," Los Angeles Police Detective Bill Pavelic said.
Hasson, who according to records has a history of mental problems dating to 1975, was released from Augustus F. Hawkins Mental Health Center on July 1, although he could have been held at least four more days, Deputy Dist. Atty. David H. Guthman said.
The district attorney's office is to decide today whether to file murder charges against Hasson.
Criticizing hospital officials for not trying to keep Hasson confined through legal proceedings, Guthman, who heads the district attorney's mental health section, asked: "Why didn't the hospital bring that case to me seeking to extend civil commitment? . . . What I have always said to the hospitals is, 'Why don't you pass the buck to me, and let me make the decision?' "
Hasson's case is the second in two weeks in which county health officials have been accused of prematurely releasing a dangerous patient.
Last week, Dist. Atty. Ira Reiner attacked County-USC Medical Center officials for "irresponsible actions" in releasing AIDS patient Joseph Edward Markowski after being told he was selling contaminated blood.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors ordered Department of Health Services Director Robert C. Gates on Tuesday to look into why Markowski, who has been charged with four counts of attempted murder, was not detained at the county hospital.
As in the Markowski case, county health officials have declined to comment on the Hasson matter, citing restrictions because of confidentiality.
Last Friday, while driving north on Hoover Street, Hasson's car sped through an intersection at Gage Avenue and collided with another car, cutting it in half and killing a man and three children who were returning from a holiday barbecue with friends, police said.
Hasson, who witnesses said was driving between 60 and 70 m.p.h., came to a stop after two other vehicles were struck, investigators said.
The victims were identified as Michael Magee, 25, of South-Central Los Angeles; Sheneke Magee, 2; Duwane Magee, 11 months; and Ryan Wagner, 3. Lydia Tucker, 20, Magee's fiance and the mother of the children, was critically injured and remains in intensive care at Daniel Freeman Memorial Hospital in Inglewood.
Hospital spokeswoman Christie Ciraulo said Tucker is "awake and fairly alert" but may be paralyzed as a result of spinal injuries.
Hasson is being held without bail in the jail ward at County-USC Medical Center, where he is being treated for internal injuries.

'Acting Strangely'
Pavelic of the Police Department's mental evaluation unit said Hasson was admitted to Augustus F. Hawkins Medical Center on June 17 after his father and a friend complained that he was "acting strangely."
He was carrying dead animals around with him, "driving erratically" and "playing the role of a traffic officer" by stopping cars, Pavelic said.
After 72 hours of observation, hospital staff asked that he be held for 14 days, saying he was gravely disabled. According to customary practice, a probable-cause hearing was held before a mental health referee to determine if the hospital could keep Hasson.
Hasson was described as a manic depressive "with psychotic features" who was hearing voices and carried a dead cat in his car while "'driving up and down the street attempting to hit people," Guthman said, reading from the referee's records.
A hospital psychiatrist, Dr. Greta Johnson, testified, however, that Hasson was not a danger to others, according to Guthman.
As a result of the hearing, the hospital was permitted to confine Hasson until July 5, if it deemed necessary.
Why he was released four days early could not be learned.
Johnson said she was not allowed to comment on the case.

Comment Declined
William Delgardo, spokesman for the mental health center, which is part of Martin Luther King Jr. General Hospital, declined comment, citing confidentiality restrictions.
County health officials did not respond to a request made through spokesman Steven C. Stewart that it discuss its general policies.
Pavelic said Los Angeles police had 11 previous encounters with Hasson, dating back to 1975, but he said the records describing these are not available.
According to court records, Hasson was confined in mental hospitals at least 10 times between September, 1980, and April, 1983, Guthman said.
Meanwhile, relatives of the accident victims expressed outrage Tuesday over Hasson's release.
"They let him go when they knew he couldn't be ready to hit the streets," said Michael Magee's mother, Jacqueline. "Who let him have a car knowing what he was capable of doing? Somebody should have done something to have avoided this."
"Someone just called me and said that this man was a psycho and out to kill people, and the hospital just let him out on the street," said Mack Magee, Michael Magee's father.
The victim's brother, William, said: "Something has to be done to change things to keep people like him in."
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
Copyright 1987 The Times Mirror Company; Los Angeles Times

JUST COLOR HANKS UNIMPRESSED: STAR REFUSES ROLE AS CHIEF EXEC

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock, AR)
September 04, 1996, Wednesday
BYLINE: ERIC E. HARRISON, Democrat-Gazette Critic at Large
SECTION: STYLE; Pg. 3F
LENGTH: 660 words
If elected, I will not serve: Tom Hanks has turned down the lead role in "Primary Colors," the film version of the best seller written anonymously by Newsweek's Joe Klein. Director Mike Nichols hoped to cast Hanks as the Clinton-esque candidate and Emma Thompson as his hard-charging wife. But the actor, reportedly a chum of the president's, has bolted. No word yet on a second choice.
School daze: Comedian Dennis Miller on education: "Our culture has gon e from the 'G.E. College Bowl' to the guy on 'Wheel of Fortune' who asks, 'Is there an F, as in Pharaoh?' "
Speaking of game shows, it must be really hard to play "Wheel of Fortune" in Poland (and no, this is not a Polish joke, so simmer down). Imagine: "I'd like to buy a vowel, Pat." "Sorry," Pat replies, "there aren't any."
Culture vulture: In the September issue of GQ, a piece by Joe Queenan called "How Bad Can It Be?" delineates the different levels of American popular culture. Queenan decides to go outside his "elite, effete" tastes, which include Elvis Costello, Igor Stravinsky, Tom McGuane and Henry James, and plunges into "the culture of the masses," which includes Michael Bolton, "Cats," Dean Koontz and the movies of Chris Farley and Adam Sandler: "Until I saw 'Billy Madison' and 'Tommy Boy,' I'd always thought that the three scariest words in the English language were 'starring Dan Aykroyd.' " Queenan also describes John Tesh's recent CD as sounding "so much like dentist's-office music that I inexplicably found myself flossing in the middle of the day." That's pretty bad.
No sex, please, we're British: In Britain, 60 percent of the women sur veyed in an opinion poll said they would rather go out to a restaurant for dinner than stay home and have sex. Here's a little tip, folks: Even if you're British, it's possible to do both. And on the same night, too.
Not just no, but ... Remember the May offer of Hal Lipset and five oth er private detectives to investigate O.J. Simpson's claims that the murderers of his late wife were in San Francisco?
About a week after the offer was made, Lipset says, he received a fax from Simpson's investigator, Zvonko Bill Pavelic, too strongly worded for a gentleman to read aloud.
"He could have just said he discussed this with his client and thanks, but no thanks, but his letter was very mean," Lipset notes.
P.S.: Philip Vannatter and Tom Lange, lead detectives in the Simpson case, have signed with Pocket Books to write their version of the whole saga.
Tie food: Venture Initiative of Dallas offers Tie Cuisine, a selection of 100 silk ties in patterns that mimic common food stains.
"For years, men everywhere have struggled with the universal fashion problem: spillage," says the brochure. Patterns on the ties match the "drops that spot their best tie just as they're about to make a remarkable point during a meal."
The ties, $ 15, are available in Chinese Food, Wine, Club Sandwich, Buffalo Wings, Cordials, Salad and Dessert. Previous offerings have included Tacos and Quesadillas, Pasta, Pizza, Barbecue Ribs and Soup du Jour. Perfect for folks like us, who only wear ties to keep food off our shirts.
Son of a you-know-what: Rottweilers are the most popular dogs in Russi a.
"It's the Mafia's favorite breed," Anatoly Glebov says, by way of an advertisement for his $ 350 puppies. "She's a killing machine, and she'll fight to the end. A terrifying dog. She'll guard your house, your car, your family. And she's very good with children."
Short stuff: Carol Burnett will play Jamie's (Helen Hunt) mom in an episo de of NBC's "Mad About You," to be taped this month for broadcast later in the season ... Diane Sawyer has scored a coup: She'll interview the Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, on Nov. 13; it'll be Fergie's first TV chat since leaving the royal family.
Partially compiled from Democrat-Gazette wire services.
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A top investigator for O.J. Simpson has been portrayed in court papers as a bitter ex-cop with a vendetta against a former Los Angeles Police Department colleague assigned to the Simpson case.

Zvonko "Bill" Pavelic gave up a generous pension package when he quit the department 18 months ago after nearly 20 years on the force. He contends he was forced out because he had complained about racism and corruption in the department.

"I was sick and tired of watching innocent people get framed, especially members of minority groups, and that includes African Americans and Mexicans," Pavelic told The Associated Press. "I was disturbed about officer-involved shootings, and how they covered up the incidents."
Pavelic was hired to review the police investigation in the case, looking for mistakes, violations of LAPD policy and skeletons in investigators' closets.

Simpson, 47, is charged with murder in the June 12 stabbings of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson, 35, and Ron Goldman, 25. He faces arraignment today .

Court papers describe Pavelic as angry, bitter and paranoid.
"Bill Pavelic thought there was a big conspiracy among the supervisors at Southwest Detectives and command staff officers of LAPD who were 'out to get him,' " prosecutors wrote in a case in which the defense was considering calling Pavelic as a witness.
In recent days, the Simpson camp has leaked unflattering details about Detective Mark Fuhrman, who testified at a preliminary hearing that he found a bloody glove at Simpson's estate.
The defense reportedly was going to argue that Fuhrman planted the glove. However, an internal police investigation has concluded that scenario is virtually impossible, police sources told the Los Angeles Times.
Many of Fuhrman's defenders suspect Pavelic was responsible for revealing details to the media of a 1983 lawsuit that portrays Fuhrman as racist and violent.
A review of his personnel file suggests, however, that Pavelic enjoyed a successful career. He strongly defended his reputation, pointing to 175 commendations.
But his career apparently took a turn for the worse in his latter years, when he started openly criticizing command staff, including former Chief Daryl Gates.
Pavelic retired in 1992 on a service-related disability pension of half pay, claiming his working conditions aggravated his health.
On Wednesday, the defense launched a toll-free tip line and a $500,000 reward for "the real killer."
Simpson's lead defense attorney, Robert Shapiro, said hot-line operators were receiving 100 calls a minute. Earlier, an AT&T operator had said technical difficulties were blocking some calls.
"This is done totally outside our office. . . . This is totally O.J.'s thing," Shapiro said yesterday, adding that a message on the hot line had been changed to delete a referral to Shapiro's office for legal representation.
Meanwhile, officials said yesterday that a notebook detailing Nicole Simpson's activities last winter was found in the car of O.J. Simpson's girlfriend and has been turned over to Los Angeles police.
Police in Newport Beach, 40 miles south of Los Angeles, said the notebook was recovered from Paula Barbieri's car Jan. 31 after the vehicle had been stolen and used in four armed robberies.
Newport Beach police spokesman Sgt. Andy Gonis said the notebook was handed over on July 12 to the lawyer of William Wasz, who stole the car, and was now in the hands of Los Angeles police.
Wasz's lawyer, John Stewart, told CNN that the notebook contained a detailed schedule of Nicole Simpson's movements.
"I found the contents very, very interesting as it relates to possible scenarios relative to O.J. Simpson (and) . . . the ongoing prosecution of O.J.," he said.
TV coverage
ABC, CBS, CNN and NBC plan live coverage of O.J. Simpson's arraignment on murder charges today in Los Angeles. The court session also can be seen on Court TV. It is scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. PDT.
- The Associated Press
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