Ex-football Star Back in Court To Request New Armed Robbery Trial

OJ Simpson was back in a Las Vegas courtroom to ask for a new trial in the armed robbery-kidnapping case that sent him to prison in 2008.
The former football star and a new set of lawyers hope to convince a judge that trial lawyer Yale Galanter had conflicted interests and should not have handled Simpson's case.

Simpson in a Las Vegas courtroom

Simpson says Mr Galanter knew ahead of time about his plan to retrieve what he thought were personal mementos from two sports memorabilia dealers at a casino hotel room in September 2007.
Simpson also said his former lawyer never told him a plea deal was on the table.
Simpson, who is serving nine to 33 years in a Nevada prison, is due to testify on Wednesday during the five-day proceedings.
Mr Galanter is scheduled to testify on Friday. He has declined to comment before then.
Simpson's lawyers claim Mr Galanter had a personal interest in preventing himself from being identified as a witness to the crimes and misled Simpson so much that the former football star deserves a new trial.
Clark County District Court Judge Linda Marie Bell has agreed to hear 19 of the 22 allegations of conflict-of-interest and ineffective counsel raised by Simpson's new legal team.
The proceedings are technically neither a trial nor appeal. The judge will listen to testimony before deciding whether Simpson deserves a new trial.
Simpson maintains the plan was to take back what he expected would be family photos and personal belongings stolen from him after his 1995 acquittal in the slayings of his wife and her friend in Los Angeles.
Simpson was later found liable for damages in a civil wrongful death lawsuit and ordered to pay $33.5m to the families of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.