LAST WITNESSES TESTIFY IN HUNT HEARING.Byline: Janet Gilmore Daily News Staff Writer Attorneys called their last witnesses Tuesday in Billionaire Boys Club “Billionaire Boys Club” redirects here. For other uses, see Billionaire Boys Club (disambiguation). The Billionaire Boys Club was the popular nickname for BBC, an investment and social club organized by Joseph Gamsky, also known as "Joe Hunt", in southern California leader Joe Hunt's bid for a new trial, but a ruling on the matter is months away. Superior Court Judge J. Stephen Czuleger said Tuesday that he would rule on the hearing in July after attorneys submit evidence and legal briefs Legal Briefs is an interactive television program aired on CablePulse24 and CourtTV Canada, hosted by Lorne Honickman, a lawyer and journalist, as he discusses the ins & outs of the Canadian legal system and provides free legal advice. as well as make oral arguments. Hunt, who is serving a life prison sentence, was convicted in 1987 of murdering a Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. con man named Ron Levin. Levin's body was never found, and an appellate court A court having jurisdiction to review decisions of a trial-level or other lower court. An unsuccessful party in a lawsuit must file an appeal with an appellate court in order to have the decision reviewed. agreed that Hunt was entitled to an evidentiary hearing to seek a new trial. That hearing began several weeks ago in Czuleger's court. Hunt's attorneys called about 15 witnesses, including several people who claimed to have had passing encounters with Levin after his 1984 slaying. One woman said she saw him in a restaurant in Greece. Prosecutors also called witnesses to bolster a prosecution theory that Hunt and his BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. was in financial trouble when Levin conned them - an act that led Hunt to murder Levin. |
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