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For those of you have are acquainted with Bill and his case:  Bill
Stewart was sentenced today to 30 months in a federal work camp.
Apparently the judge did not allow testimony from an expert witness on
value, and had already made up his mind on the disposition of the case.
I believe an appeal will be filed, but at this point details and finances
and sketchy.
 
 
On Tue, 5 Sep 1995, Johnnie D. Sutherland wrote:
 
> These messages are from Mary Larsgaard.----------------------Johnnie
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>        : Bill Stewart
>     : Sat, 02 Sep 95 15:30:57 -0700
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> In case you haven't heard - Bill Stewart (Cartographic Imports) is having some
> difficulties.  The following is summarized from:
> Lessenberry, Jack.  1995.  "Making federal case of it."  Detroit Metro Times,
> August 9-15.
> A commercial firm asked Stewart to check out some maps of India on file at
> Cornell.  Eventually Bill ended up with a computer tape of spatial data (Digital
> Terrain Elevation Data); it developed that these were restricted data.  It
> percolated to Federal agents that Bill had these; a sting was set up, Bill sold
> tapes to them, and soon after Bill was charged with stealing government
> property.  On May 16, he was found guilty of charges.  He is to be sentenced
> September 8; sentencing guidelines are 27 to 33 months in a Federal
> penitentiary.
> For more information, or to donate money to the bill stewart Legal Defense
> Committee, get in touch with the Committee at 820 Granger, Ann Arbor MI 48104,
> or Ellis Boal, Attorney, 925 Ford Building, Detroit MI 48226, 313/962-2770.
>
> Mary Larsgaard
> Santa Barbara CA
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> I just realized that I forgot to note that Bill did not know the tapes were
> restricted.
> Mary Larsgaard
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