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Melvin Belli — Part 6

35 pages · May 10, 2026 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Melvin Belli · 34 pages OCR'd
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cn een liner Ml lee ee ee nae, sme ree eee ee neh le eee tenn anes oe Aiba came ae te man eee Svat demon @ . * — rat) a Pag £ ~lo, “The position of the trial law-, 22 yer is this—he is more impor- 13 tant than doctors, priests or the’ : president,”..Belli asserted. “He i4 safeguards liberties. and . free- 5 dom.” -/ re 76 “Jt doesn’t ‘matter. who - is .4 -elected president,” he added. “ “whoever it is will-not be abie . 18, to undermine America’s - legal. 19 “ institutions. We lawyers will not aries let them.” 2) 2 UC ee OE. 20 Belli was.’ .scornful of 21 statements by Wallace that he > would alter directions of rulings 22 by the Supreme Court.” “Wal- 23 lace knows he can’t curb the 24 power of the court. He’s an 3 intelligent.-man. He knows the 25 principal of judical review goes 26 all the way back to Marbury vs.. 27 Madison (a landmark coirt rul- * ing handed down when ‘John 28 Marshall was chief justice early ; 29 -<_ in the 19th century.)”"° S03 :0 . The attorney’ explained ‘that; “fy he felt “crime in the streets’ 31 will cease to’ become.a serious | 32 problem. ~~ i _ i 2 He said he views it primarily. : 3 as a manifestion of “anger on : 374 the part of the black man.” . : as “Really it goes back to the- : 2 Civil War,” Belli continued.: Te . > “We are finally coming to .a’ i 3 37 national shakedown after the ae 18 -— war, but we are coming through’ of ef : it beautifully.” ; a ae 39 Belli has offices in San Fran- ne 30 cisco, Tokyo, Rome and Frank-. -4. « furt, Germany. One of his part- Lb ‘ ners in the Frankfurt firm is os 42 _|another famed: American law-i : 4 yer, F’. Lee Bailey. teat Belli has represented -such i 44 figures as Jerry Rubin (leader . 45. of the Yippies), Raymond Burt: iB 46 (television’s Perry .. Mason), . ; _ __. ; Jack Ruby (accused slayer ‘of Se — “ 47 - Lee Harvey Oswald) and other |play’ a role in an ‘upcoming | 48 well-known personalities. -| movie about his life. “2° ~ ms ar 49 He said he views Rubin ‘as|'' In the movie, he’ will play a _ . “an‘ebullicat young rebel’? who] dishonest insurance broker. 7 30 acts on his-own “with no direc-|° The attorney was in -Mobile 31 tion from any foreign power.” - | Monday for a speech at Spring : - Burr, actording to Belli, nas | Hill . College. His ,appearance 52 absorbed a great deal, of legal | was sponsored by the Student 53 | knowledge through his ‘role as Government Association,, the} - 54 - attorney Perry Mason.: © * « ~}same group which will sponsor a . Belli himself hopes to absorb |a debate between LSD advocate |: - 35 ta little acting ability from gome| Timothy Leary, and a .medical |; 56 ; of his clients. He says he will | doctor Nov. 1-8
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