Cashmore Plans To Testify Simpson Co-Defendant Cops Deal
Cashmore To Plead Guilty, Testify In Case
POSTED: 1:35 pm PDT October 12,
2007
UPDATED: 2:25 pm PDT October 12,
2007
LAS VEGAS -- A lawyer said one of the co-defendants in the O.J. Simpson armed robbery case has agreed to plead guilty to a reduced charge and testify against Simpson and four others.Charles Cashmore's lawyer told the Associated Press that Cashmore will plead guilty Monday to being an accessory to robbery, a felony that could get him up to five years in prison. A court clerk confirms that a court hearing is scheduled.Simpson and four others -- Walter Alexander, Michael McClinton, Clarence Stewart and Charles Ehrlich -- are charged with kidnapping, armed robbery, assault, burglary and conspiracy in the Sept. 13 encounter with two sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel room.
Cashmore's lawyer Edward Miley said Cashmore has agreed to testify that two other men who entered the room with Simpson were armed.
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