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Article: Detained Ivory Coast Man to Be Tried
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- June 22, 2002
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) _ A federal judge has cleared the way for the
trial of an Ivory Coast citizen who was arrested at Jacksonville International
Airport with a stun gun and flight manuals three days after the Sept.
11 attacks.
U.S. Magistrate Thomas Morris on Friday denied a motion by Jean-Toney
Antoine Oulai's attorneys to suppress statements Oulai made after
that were used to charge him with lying about his immigration status.
Oulai, 34, is scheduled for trial July 8.
The judge said officials' questions in the hours following Oulai's
arrest were appropriate and not designed to elicit an incriminating
response. He also said Oulai's actions indicated he understood ...