Free Motion for New Trial - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

Case 1 :04-cv-01254-GIVIS Document 225-3 Filed O4/26/2007 Page 1 of 1
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By SEAN O'SUl.LIVAN, The News Journal
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I · usecgxoggguggiffgd Harry Smith III, 25, was shot and killed bi; three pohee
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I { ’ fa-Ejggd jI"°fII_I°°'u Ere. Smith had been taken to the hospital by his family that I
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