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8 Part II Thursday, October 1, 1981 Cob Angles Sftmeg New Probe Clears 2 Officers in Shooting PSYCHIC: Gullibility Compton Policemen Acted in Self-Defense, 2nd Report Concludes By CHARLES P. WALLACE and VIRGINIA ESCALANTE, Times Stafj Writers Continued from 4th Page chic Watergate." Then she shook her head. Maurice could not be reached for comment The president of WTMJ Inc. of Milwaukee, parent corporation of KTNV-TV, laughed when told of the suit. "It's amazing," Michael McCormick said.

"You can quote me on that It's amazing." In her suit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, Rand accused the defendants of conspiracy to defraud, misrepresentation, slander, libel, infliction of emotional distress and negligent supervision of air-time programming. Rand said one of the saddest things of the episode was that she no longer has "any relationship" with KNBC anchorwoman Kelly Lange. Lange aired Rand's so-called prediction before it was revealed as a hoax. "She (Lange) was my best friend," Rand said. over where Velasquez's hands were located when he was shot.

"However, it is significant that none of the four persons closest to Mr. Velasquez said his hands were raised when he was shot by the police," Whelan said. The four were the two officers and the two persons in the car which was chased. Whelan's investigator subsequently located three witnesses who had spoken with The Times and interviewed them. Velasquez' mother has filed a $1.5 million wrongful death suit against the city of Compton, its Police Department and the two officers.

Since filing the suit, she said, she has been followed by the police and her other son, Ramon, was arrested on a murder charge in connection with a separate shooting. Cmdr. Gilbert Sandoval of the Compton police denied that his department was harassing Mrs. Velasquez. Mrs.

Velasquez said she also was shot at, but not injured as she left the Compton courthouse Tuesday. Sandoval said the shooting was being investigated. How To Get Sober And Stay Sober See today's VIEW section, page 21 JOIN IIS 01 THESE SPECIAL EVENTS AT TIE NEV 6V IN PAtOS VEPDES TODAY THURSDAY, OCTOBER FIRST STANLEY SHERMAN'S envoy presents his fall and holiday collection with informal modeling, Wynshire Dresses. FRIDAY, OCTOBER SECOND TESS, CREATOR OF TESS DESIGNS previews her collection of belts and jewelry from Fashion Jewelry. FROM EAGLE AND FOX, an extensive collection of turquoise and silver jewelry at Fashion Jewelry.

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The new report contained information from interviews with three witnesses who were not questioned for the first report, but reached the same conclusion that the two officers believed Velasquez was reaching for a gun when he was shot. No Unreasonable Belief "Under the facts and circumstances known to each officer, it cannot be said that either officer was unreasonable in his belief or unreasonable in firing at Mr. Velasquez under these circumstances," said the report, which was prepared by Deputy Dist. Atty. Dennis E.

Whelan. "The fact that Velasquez was not armed does not alter our findings," Whelan said. "The law permits an officer to act on reasonable appearances and beliefs." Whelan said the weight of the evidence established that neither of the officers, Jasper Jackson and Brett Garland, had committed a prosecutable offense. Velasquez was shot after a high-speed car chase near Compton's Kelly Park, where a youth had been wounded in an earlier shooting. The two officers maintained that after ordering three persons in the car to put their hands up, Velasquez opened a door, walked behind it, and moved his hands toward his waistband.

The officers' statements about the location of Velasquez's hands were supported by the findings of an autopsy conducted by the county coroner. Whelan, who wrote the first report, acknowledged in his supplementary findings that the original had contained inaccuracies that related to the path of the bullet and the words used by a witness. He said that the new witnesses interviewed differed "In the ten years that the Jon Douglas Company has advertised with The Times, our residential and commercial property sales have increased substantially." i ft VX 1 Jon A. Douglas Judge Exceeded His Power, Court Finds By GENE BLAKE. Times Staff Writer The state Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday that Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Julius A.

Leetham exceeded his authority in holding a murder suspect for trial after the case had been dismissed in Municipal Court Earlier, Leetham had been ordered to show cause why he should not be held in contempt for violating the appellate court's order to return the case to Municipal Court for further proceedings. However, the Court of Appeal dropped the contempt action Sept 15. Presiding Justice Robert Kingsley said the court accepted Leetham's statement that he thought he was doing what the law provided and "didn't intend to thumb his nose at us." The case involved Earl Edmor Chism, who with Kevin Michael Esteen was charged with murdering a man in an Ardmore Street apartment building parking area on March 20, 1980. After a preliminary hearing, Los Angeles Municipal Judge Vincent N. Erickson held Esteen to answer but dismissed the charge against Chism on the ground that his constitutional rights had been violated.

When Esteen's case reached Superior Court, a prosecutor moved to overturn Erickson's ruling as to Chism. Leetham reviewed the preliminary hearing transcript He ruled there was probable cause to hold Chism to answer and ordered Chism 's name added to the complaint against Esteen. When the Court of Appeal ordered Leetham to return the case to Municipal Court, Leetham did so but with directions that Chism be held to answer without further proceedings. That the Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday in an opinion by Kingsley, was premature and exceeded the scope of Leetham's authority under a new state law. The appellate court ordered that the case be returned to Erickson for resumption of proceedings at the point where he dismissed the complaint Erickson was directed to exercise the discretion conferred on him by law.

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