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Article: Bey IV's attorney argues unsuccessfully to ban public, press from preliminary
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- April 28, 2009
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OAKLAND -- An attorney representing Yusuf Bey IV, leader of the
now-defunct Your Black Muslim Bakery, attempted Tuesday to ban the
public from Bey IV's preliminary hearing on charges of kidnapping
and torture.
Saying Bey IV's chances of a fair and impartial hearing were
dwindling by the day, defense attorney Anne Beles argued to a judge
that her client's second preliminary hearing should be closed to the
public and press.
"I don't believe I have seen "... a man subject to more pretrial
publicity than Mr. Bey," Beles said. "I can't think of a week that
has gone by where all the local papers did not have extensive
coverage."
Beles made her arguments at the start of the second preliminary ...