Thursday, April 26, 2007

"Color of Official Right"

Prosecutor suggests color of official right means "someone who held public office."

Ford's attorney thinks the jury instructions should stand the way they are.

"Color of official right is not specifically explained," says the prosecutor. It means "holding a public office," he says.

"I think the definition would be ... by reason of that person being a public official or holding public office," says the judge.

Ford's attorney wants to just point the jurors to the jury instructions.