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O.J. Simpson Trial: Day 1

Jeff Scheid/ Pool, Las Vegas Review-Journal / AP

O.J. Simpson smiles in court at Clark County Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Monday, May 13, 2013. Simpson, who is currently serving a nine-to-33-year sentence in state prison as a result of his October 2008 conviction on armed robbery and kidnapping charges, is seeking a new trial, claiming that trial lawyer Yale Galanter had conflicted interests and shouldn’t have handled Simpson’s armed case.

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