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Thursday, August 6, 1998
Defense begins its case in murder-for-hire
trial
HOUSTON (AP) -- Attorneys for an ex-bookie accused of hiring
his brother to kill his wife launched their defense Wednesday
by trying to convince jurors their client's voice is not on a
tape recording in which the slaying is discussed.
Defense attorneys opened their case with the videotaped testimony
of a voice expert who contends Bob Angleton is not one of two
men heard plotting the slaying on an audiotape.
Steve Cain, president of Wisconsin-based Applied Forensic Technologies
International Inc., initially was hired by prosecutors to examine
the tape.
The state contends Bob and Roger Angleton are heard plotting
the April 16, 1997, slaying of Bob's wife, Doris McGown Angleton.
But defense attorneys insist the voices belong to Roger Angleton
and an unknown conspirator.
Cain was hired by the defense team after he told prosecutors
at least 80 percent of the words he examined on the tape were
"very dissimilar" to Bob Angleton's voice. During his
testimony Wednesday, he also said he did not think the tape was
an original.
Earlier, prosecutors presented several witnesses who said they
recognized Bob Angleton's voice on the tape, allegedly made by
his brother.
Bob Angleton is accused of hiring Roger Angleton to kill his
wife at the couple's home near River Oaks. Mrs. Angleton, 46,
was killed two months after she filed for divorce and obtained
half of $3 million the couple had in safe deposit boxes.
Roger Angleton killed himself in jail last February and left
behind notes claiming he killed his sister-in-law without his
brother's knowledge. Prosecutors have discounted the notes.
If convicted of capital murder, Bob Angleton could face the
death penalty. Defense attorneys have declined to say whether
he will testify. However, his twin teen-age daughters are expected
to take the stand.
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