FILE – In this May 13, 2013 file photo, O.J. Simpson appears at an evidentiary hearing in Clark County District Court, in Las Vegas. Simpsons’ appeal for release from a Nevada prison is now up to the Nevada Supreme Court. Simpson lawyers argued in a final brief submitted Friday, Oct. 24, 2014, to the state high court that a lower court judge was wrong to deny the former football star a new trial in his 2008 kidnapping and armed robbery conviction in a hotel room heist in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, Pool, File)LAS VEGAS (AP) – O.J. Simpson’s appeal for release from a Nevada prison is now in the hands of the state Supreme Court.
Simpson lawyers argued in a final brief to the Nevada high court that a lower court judge was wrong to deny the former football star a new trial in his 2008 kidnapping and armed robbery conviction for a hotel room heist in Las Vegas.
The filing, submitted Friday, came after Clark County prosecutors submitted documents Sept. 24 saying there was no need for another trial.
The Supreme Court could decide to hear oral arguments, or they could issue a ruling based on the written filings that have been submitted. The court usually hears oral arguments in fewer than 100 of the 2,400 new cases it receives per year. A decision in the Simpson case wasn’t immediately expected.
Simpson attorneys Patricia Palm, Ozzie Fumo and Tom Pitaro argue the former football star was wrongly convicted because his trial lawyer, Yale Galanter, botched his case and had conflicted interests. Galanter also handled a previous Simpson appeal that the state Supreme Court denied in 2010.