Letter from Lani Guinier and Marcia Smith to Strategy Conference

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December 4, 1984

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- Legal Department General
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- Lani Guinier and others
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- faac3c92-e592-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873

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Legal Department General, Lani Guinier Correspondence. Correspondence from Lani Guinier to Jim Lynch Re Smith v. Pine Bluff, 1988. ae238f93-ec92-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/6262d364-16c6-40cc-a27b-b3e0336391d7/correspondence-from-lani-guinier-to-jim-lynch-re-smith-v-pine-bluff. Accessed April 17, 2025.

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The NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATIoNAL FUNo is not part ol the National Association ror the Aovancsment o, Colored People although it
was lounded by it and sharss its commitmont lo equal rights. LDF has had lor over 25 years a separate Board. program. stalt. oflice a,1, bldget.

January 30, 19E6

I{r. Charles Hosrard
P. O. Box 1971
Itlobile, Alabama 36633

RE: united states v. Turner, Hoque e Turner, cr. No. g5-00014

Dear !lr. Howard:

r wnte to confrrm and amprify our conversation regarcringportions of tne transcrrpt rn united states v. Turier. rn
!hg_ event you have not been as f tneforlowing, please consider tnis a request to transErioe tneseexcerpts. LDr will pay for the additional pages on the condi-tion that hre are provrded the originar pagei ind no other copr.esare made available.

NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EOUCATIONAL FUND, INC.

99 Hudson Street, New york, N.Y. 10013r(212) 21$,1900

you have already been asked to transcribe the fo1-

Voir dire res peremptory challenges
Court's instructJ.ons to counsel and counsel

argurnent prLor to openrng statements
James Sanders I testimony
Robert Whiters rr

ltlaggie Fuller' s rr

llattie Perryts rr

Reaner Greenrs tt

Murphy Reed's rr

Alma Price' s rr

FBI agent Lrnda Thompson.s testrmony
Wrllrams Wimes I cestimony
ltlary Pryorrs 'r

Warren Kynardrs 'r
Leslie Suer s rr

Edward. Kilday's rr

Charge Conference
Argument on Motion for Judgrment of Acguittal
Juror delioerations and argument re: noEe from jury

Iv1r. Charles Howard -2- January 30, L986

rfre request that you specificalty transcribe the Pages that
follow subject to trre conditions described above:

1. 6/L3/85 Pre-trial conferences

A. List of counsel present for U.S. and
and defendants

B. Judge Cox's order and discussion re:
sequestration

2. 6/L7/85 Colloquy re: sequestrationt gag order and
U. S. -Altorney's Motion to Sequester, filed
6/L4/85 (Pre-voir dire proceedings)

3. 6/L8/85 A. Voir dire peremptory challenges and
prosecutorts reasons therefore (if not
alreadY transcribed)

6/L8/85 B. Colloguy after voir dire re: defense
attorneYrs access to ballots

4. 6/21/85 A. Proceedings surrounding and testimony
of Willie Anderson

6t2t/8s B' f,BgEil=*f,ii:T3't:3ti*:3r'?i?"fi}.'3ll3Hil'
transcribed)

5. 6/24/85 A1I proceedings from morning session except
testimony of Willie Lee and Agent Bodman'
This would include:

A. Judge's instructions to counsel following
Murphy Reed's testimony (if not already
transcribed as Part of Ivlurphy Reed I s
testimony)

B. Judgers admonition re: wasting.time with
theie witnesses immediately prior to
Agent Bodman's testimonY

C. AIl bench conferences and instructions
within and following Linda Thompsonrs and
william Wimes' testimonY, including but
not Limited to discussion re: interviewing
witness before taking stand and Conference
in open court outside jury Presence re:
Attoiney Bedwill's notes on pad re: "Iies"
placed in jury view

Ivlr. Charles Howard

6. 6/24/85

7. 6/25/8s

January 30, 1986

A. Linda Thompsonrs testimony in afternoon

B. Prooeedings on llonday afternoon surround-
ing Jesse Harperrs testimony, including
what U.S. Attorney and Court told him re:
5th Amendment rights

C. Two-three pages of Mary Aubertonrs testi-
mony on Ivlonday afternoon on cross by
Howard lloore following exchange re: Walker
ballots and starting with question re:
"when you brought ballots from post office
who saw the ballots?" And including answers
re: instructions from Roy Johnson about
chain of custody for FBI

A. Ivlary Auberton on cross by ltorton Stavis
first 10 or 15 minutes through question
when she was first appointed circuit c1erk,
including questions and answers re: whether
she went to court on September 4 before
Judge l"lcKelvey and re: her turning ballots
over to Howard GraY

B. One or two pages of Charles Leverettrs
testimony on cross by J. L. Chestnut re:
question and answer toward end of testimony
that he is returning officer, that he
usually takes box of ballots after counted
to Probate Judge but, because of court order
he took ballots to a room in !1s. Auberton's
office

C. Howard Grayrs testimony on direct -- first
5 or 10 minutes, up to meeting Pat lvey.
at 4:00 P.M, and last 5 minutes on direct
describing procedure of Wednesday, the 5th,
when he took custody of baIlots. Howard
Gray's testimony on cross in entirety

D. First four pages of Gary CIem's testimony
first ten-fifteen guestions on direct

Bench conference and argument re: missing 302
of AIma Price (either before or during Gary
Clem's testimony) including statement on record
by each defense attorney

8. 6/27 /85

t[r. Charles Eoward -4- January 30, 1986

We certainly appreciate your cooperation. Of courEe, if any
of the additional requeeted material Is already being tran-
ecrLbed as part of another requeet, it Ls unneeeBsary to provJ.de
uB thoee excerpts at thle tirne.

T,GIr

bcc: Eric SchnApper, Esq.
Elaine Jones, Esq.

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