According to the Jim Bell court docket of January 11: 1. Innocent victim Jim (via attorney Robert Leen) has made motions: 1a. To suppress (unknown what). 1b. To dismiss the indictment. 1c. To continue the trial date. 1d. To change venue. 1e. To represent himself. Though AUSA Robb has responded to these motions none have been ruled on, as far as I can tell. 2. Judge Jack E. Tanner (who replaced J. Kelly Arnold), has ordered a competency exam of Jim. 3. Jack has denied a Robb motion for Jim's handwriting sample until the competency report is submitted. 4. Jack has ordered that disovery materials not be shown to Jim until further notice from Jack, because, according to Robb, Jim stated he intends to publish such materials on the Internet. The discovery materials, according to Robb, contain "voluminous private information and personal addresses of various individuals." There is no indication at that the trial date of January 22, 2001, set in December, has changed, though the competency exam and other proceedings would appear to have affected that.
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John Young