Peruvian judge denies motion to void van der Sloot's murder confession

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Joran Van Der Sloot Confession Was Valid, Judge Rules | 06/25/10 10:09 PM | AP



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/25/van-der-sloot-confession-valid_n_626425.html

LIMA, Peru — A Peruvian judge on Friday denied a defense motion to void the confession of Joran van der Sloot in the murder of a 21-year-old Lima student because the attorney representing him at the time was state-appointed.

Superior Court Judge Wilder Casique rejected the habeus corpus motion on behalf of Van der Sloot, who is jailed pending trial on charges of first-degree murder and robbery in the May 30 death in his hotel room of Stephany Flores, whom he met playing poker in a casino.

Van der Sloot also remains the sole suspect in the unresolved 2005 disappearance of U.S. teen Natalee Holloway on the Caribbean island of Aruba.

Casique noted in a statement that Van der Sloot had, in addition to the lawyer, been afforded a Dutch-Spanish interpreter vetted by the Dutch Embassy.

Van der Sloot recanted the confession in a jailhouse interview with the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf, claiming it was made under duress.

The defendant's lawyer, Maximo Altez, told The Associated Press that he would appeal Casique's decision to a higher court.

A criminal law expert, Jose Balcazar, told the AP that Van der Sloot can continue the appeal but "that will not hold up the case against him."

[SunsetDreams]

1. Good

[hobbit709]

2. Don't want to be tried and locked up in Peru?

Then don't commit any crimes there.
:nopity:

[opihimoimoi]

3. A BULLY finally gets caught....facing time in a place for animals and low lifes

he gonna nhave a FUN TIME