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Florida Bar to consider probe in King brothers'
trial
The Associated
Press
July 12, 2003
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A
Florida Bar committee will meet next month to decide if the
prosecutor of two brothers tried for killing their father should be
investigated for his actions during the case.
David Rimmer,
the prosecutor who was sharply criticized for his prosecution of
Alex and Derek King as adults, said the complaint against him was
filed by a convicted child abuser out of "spite."
The Bar's
Aug. 19 hearing was prompted by an ethics complaint filed by Brian
Oliver from Maplewood, Mo., who has been one of the most persistent
advocates for trying the children in juvenile court.
"Given
the bizarre nature of this case and Mr. Rimmer's handling of it, it
is likely that a range of general misconduct was committed here,"
Oliver wrote in his original ethics complaint.
Rimmer called
the complaint frivolous.
"I feel very confidant I've done
nothing wrong, and I feel that the allegations were made out of
spite by this Brian Oliver, who was writing hateful e-mails and
letters to me before the trial ever started," Rimmer
said.
Officials at next month's hearing, which is closed to
Rimmer, Oliver and the general public, will determine if there is
probable cause to continue the investigation.
Terry King was
found fatally beaten at his Cantonment home on Nov. 26, 2001, and
his house had been set on fire.
Alex and Derek, ages 14 and
15, stood trial in September 2001 and were convicted of
second-degree murder. The brothers also testified against
acquaintence Ricky Chavis in a separate trial, but Chavis was
acquitted.
Alex and Derek's convictions later were thrown
out, but the brothers pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and are
scheduled to be released from their juvenile detention centers by
late 2009.
Chavis later was convicted of falsely imprisoning
Alex, tampering with evidence and being an accessory to a murder. He
was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
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