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Cash withdrawals are main topic in Young trial
By Gary Parrish
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January 25, 2005
The prosecution has continued putting on its case this afternoon, spending the past several hours detailing each cash withdrawal from Logan Young’s checking account and each cash deposit into Lynn Lang’s checking account during the time the two were allegedly conspiring to get Albert Means to Alabama.
Deborah Kines, of Trust One Bank, went through each withdrawal from Young’s checking account, a total of 64 equaling $291,000. As of 3:45, Marie Woodson, of Union Planters Bank, was still detailing each deposit going into Lang’s checking account.
Young is charged in the criminal trial with paying Lang to ensure his star recruit, Albert Means, played for the Crimson Tide, among other things.
Earlier in the afternoon, the prosecution indicated it would be finished putting on its case when court is adjourned this afternoon. The defense is expected to begin either late today or first thing Friday morning.
Local Tennessee fan Roy Adams made his first official appearance in the case this morning.
A Wednesday night post on an Internet message board that caters to Tennessee fans, under the screen name "TennStud", detailed the day’s happenings, as posts have since this trial began. Among the things written were that TennStud had drinks after court adjourned with media members and jurors.
Defense attorney Jim Neal asked judge Daniel Breen to send a marshal after Adams to have him brought to the Clifford Davis Federal Building downtown to address this issue. Judge Breen declined, but when Adams arrived shortly before jurors were brought in, he was summoned to the podium and asked about this post.
Adams acknowledged that he does post under the name "TennStud," and that no one else used that name. However, he denied having contact with any juror and said that someone must have edited his post after he finished.
When the jury was brought in, Judge Breen asked if any of them had spoken with anybody about the case. They each indicated that they had not.
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