In this motion, the defense asks that prosecutors turn over any witness statements, wiretaps, physical and forensic evidence that may be helpful to Skakel's defense.
This brief, filed by Michael Skakel's lawyer Mickey Sherman, argues that the Kennedy cousin is entitled to appeal the ruling that transferred his murder case from juvenile to adult court.
This lawsuit was filed against the weekly Greenwich Post newspaper for an article alleging that murder defendant Michael Skakel and his brother committed a robbery a week before Martha Moxley's death.
Skakel's lawyer tries again to
get the charges dismissed based on
the five-year statute of limitations
for non-capital crimes that existed in 1975. Read the motion here.
Michael Skakel is suing Jonathan Benedict, a key witness against him. The focus of this motion pertaining to the civil suit is the release of Skakel's records from rehab.
Michael Skakel shopped this outline
for an autobiography to publishers
in 1998. It includes his perspective
on various Kennedy scandals as well
as a chapter on the Martha Moxley
murder.
The Skakel family hired
the prestigious private investigators,
Sutton Associates, in the early 1992
to determine if anyone in the household
was involved with the murder. Read excerpts
here.
After hearing testimony
at a June hearing, Judge Dennis determined
that there was enough evidence to support
murder charges against Skakel. Read
her assessment of the state's case here.
The defense asks that the state be barred from eliciting evidence from employees of Elan One, the rehab center that treated Skakel, citing confidentiality rules.
Teenager Martha Moxley was beaten to death with a golf club in 1975, but it took almost 27 years before her neighbor, Michael Skakel, would be convicted of her murder. Skakel is the nephew of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy.
