State Bar of Mich. *sues fake lawyers LANSING (AP) - The State Bar of Michigan is suing five people accused of acting as attorneys without licenses, endangering their clients' rights and jeopardizing the public's trust in the legal system. The State Bar has filed civil law- suits charging Duane M.E. Davis of Detroit, Richard Travis of Southfield and Karen L. Alt of Muskeogon with repeatedly practicing law with- out a license. Bar officials say similar suits are being prepared against two other people whose names haven't been re- leased. "There are the same problems as in any profession where someone is not trained or doesn't meet the min- imal qualifications," Kenneth Hoesch, chairman of the Bar's Unau- thorized Practice of Law Committee, said Monday. "Members of the public have the right to expect that when they seek legal advice of representation, the at- torney has acquired certain knowl- edge and education in the field of law and is governed by established ethi- cal standards," the Bar said in the court papers filed recently. Davis' telephone has been dis- connected, Alt and Travis' didn't have listed numbers. Harper Woods District Judge Roger La Rose said Davis appeared in his court last August, claiming to be a Detroit lawyer representing a woman accused of possessing $252 worth of stolen merchandise. Davis turned out not to be a li- censed lawyer in either state, the Bar's suit said. He is accused of masquerading as a lawyer in child support, employment and state De- partment of Licensing and Regula- tion cases, using a phony Bar regis- *0 tration number, collecting fees, and handing out business cards claiming to be a "legal consultant" for an in- surance company. "He is an repeat offender and has perjured himself before courts," the suit said. The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, January 16, 1990 - Page 7 Stuart murder case puzzles BOSTON (AP) - Despite the intense scrutiny given the Charles Stuart case, investigators are not en- tirely sure of the answer to the major remaining question in the twisted drama: Who shot Stuart and his wife, and how? Police are leaning toward the sce- nario that Stuart, who died Jan. 4 in what is believed to be suicide set off when a brother implicated him, shot his wife and himself last Oct. 23. But they cannot rule out a different gunner. In a hospital interview several days after the shootings, Stuart told police an assailant entered the back seat of their car at a red light, forced him to drive to a remote area of the city, robbed the couple, and then shot them. In a short time, police cane up with a suspect with a long criminal record. Stuart's deception, legal ex- perts say, got the investigation off on the wrong track by shifting the focus away from him and the physi- cal evidence. "It's very common that once the investigators police have a suspect who satisfies them they will stop looking at other people," said lawyer Alan Der- showitz, a Harvard Law School pro- fessor, "They don't want the defense later saying that they were looking at other people because they had doubts about your case." It has been determined that three bullets were fired that night: one hit the roof of Stuart's car, one hit Stu- art in the stomach, and one struck: his wife. An affidavit indicates Carol Stu- art was struck on the left side of the head, which would seem to rule o it a gunner shooting from the outside of the car. The possibilities remain that Stuart could have shot his wife and then himself, that another person could have shot both of them from the rear or the outside left of the car, or a combination of the two. An investigator who would not be identified by name said Stuart's car was examined by the city crime lab and that the angles of the shots appeared consistent with Stuart's ac- count. When asked where the results of that examination might be obtained, the investigator who would not be identified by name said: "I don't know that anything was ever put into writing; I never saw any paper on it." Dershowitz said investigators have a tendency to avoid producing documents that defense attorneys might later poke holes into. Police would not comment when asked if fingerprint and fiber checks ,were made on the car, which Stuart traded in on a new car after he left the hospital in December. MAZRUI Continued from page 6 "The yelling was unfortunate. MLK day should be a day of openness. You don't have to agree with some- one to appreciate a different perspec- tive." Professor Mazrui taught political science at the University until last summer when he left for SUNY- Binghamton. He is technically op leave from the University for two years. Together again Walter Sisulu, right, hugs his son Max and grandson Winston at Lusaka airport yesterday for their first family reunion in 25 years. Sisulu had been held in a South African jail for 25 years while his son was in exile. PANEL Continued from page 6 said Chin, an English major who advocates the use of Asian-American writers in university literature courses. Chin admitted erasing the stereo- types won't be easy, but he said "Asian-Americans can find ways to overcome being a minority in any field." 60s Continued from page 6 "The civil rights movement in Ann Arbor got lost in 1966 and 1967 with anti-war and feminist movements. People decided that Ann Arbor is an oasis of liberalism, and that the problem was solved," Mun- son said. But Munson said the problems haven't been solved. She cited unin- spected public housing for Blacks built on marshy swamplands, racial discrimination in home buying, and police brutality against Blacks, as some of the areas which must be eradicated. Ron Scott, a founder of the De- troit chapter of the Black Panther Party, stressed that people tend to raise the same questions and make the same mistakes as those of the sixties did. "We're still debating the same questions," Scott said. "Sometimes I feel as though we are literally watching a turning back of the clock." "Even though there were mis- takes in the 60s, today we're not even armed with a social movement to back us up," he said. Let Them Know How You FeelI I DAILY PERSONALS 764-0557 DON'T BE UNINFORMEDI READ THE DAILYI DAILY! NEED THESE? * SOPHOMORES... 6 Did you geti? CP&P mailed to all sophomores this week. Check your mailbox for programs designed especially for you. ...or pick up your copy today at CP&IP. 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