Thursday, January 28, 1999
Miami pair plead not guilty
Pretrial hearing in 2 weeks is next
BY SHEILA McLAUGHLIN
The Cincinnati Enquirer
OXFORD — Two former students accused of posting racist fliers at Miami University's black cultural center have maintained their innocence in writing.
Attorney Kenneth Lawson entered pleas of not guilty Tuesday in Butler County Area One Court in Oxford on behalf of Nathaniel Snow, 22, of College Hill and Brad Allen, 21, of suburban Cleveland.
The two were to appear in court this Friday on charges of misdemeanor criminal trespass and criminal mischief. But Mr. Lawson said he had a conflicting hearing in Hamilton County that day, so he arranged to step up the hearing.
The two are now to appear in court for a pretrial hearing at 1 p.m. on Feb. 12.
Mr. Lawson on Wednesday said he has asked his clients not to talk about the case because of the sensitivity of the charges against them.
“Obviously they were tar gets because they were most vocal. The police focused more on them. I know they focused more on them,” Mr. Lawson said Wednesday.
That was the same approach Mr. Snow and Mr. Allen took Saturday when they spoke in a news conference with their lawyer.
The two were charged Jan. 21 in the Oct. 30 incident in which a staff member found several racist and anti-gay fliers at the Center for Black Culture and Learning.
The discovery touched off two days of student protests, in which Mr. Snow and Mr. Allen participated.
University Safety Director Cathryn House has said 87 percent of the fingerprints on the fliers matched those of Mr. Snow and Mr. Allen.
Both students withdrew from Miami on Jan. 20. They said they feared they would be dismissed or suspended and wanted to protect their academic records.
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