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A-8 Friday, Feb. 1 1 1994 Sentinel- Jackson lawyers seek nude photos the status of the criminal investigation. During the public portion of the hearing, Santa Barbara District Attorney Thomas Sneddon Jr. implied the photographs revealed more critical evidence than the entertainer's widely reported vitiligo affliction. One year ago Thursday, Jackson told the nation during a television interview with Oprah Winfrey that he suffered from the discoloring skin disorder.

The prosecutor also said he wanted to keep affidavits sealed because he feared other potential victims could be scared off. DeBarge and Staikos declined to answer questions shouted by re porters staking out the courthouse where the 19-momber grand jury panel met. Los Angeles deputy district attorneys William Hodgman and Lauren Weiss also used the courthouse to meet with Sneddon. When asked for details on the grand jury hearing, Hodgman said, "No comment." The Associated Press SANTA BARBARA Michael Jackson's lawyers asked a judge Thursday to give them nude photographs taken of the entertainer as part of an ongoing child molestation investigation. But Santa Barbara County Superior Court Judge James M.

Slater tc 11 postponed action on the request until March 22, saying he never heard of evidence being surrendered by prosecutors to the custody of a possible criminal defendant. 'There is no detriment to the party of Mr. Jackson," the judge said after assuring Jackson lawyers that the photographs and negatives of the pop star's genitals were in a safe deposit box in a local bank. "Extraordinary measures are being taken to protect your client's privacy," Slater said. After the hearing, Jackson attorney Johnnie Cochran Jr.

said the photographs were taken during "the most invasive, intrusive, humiliating search imaginable." "This is an investigation that has been going on since August of 1993. Here we are February of 1994 and it seems to us this is a case that is going nowhere and there ultimately should be no charges filed. If they had evidence, they would have had it by now," Cochran said. The photograph hearing took place an hour after a county grand jury recessed following two days of closed testimony. On Thursday, jurors heard testimony from Norma Staikos, vice president of MJJ Productions, and James DeBarge, ex-husband of singer Janet Jackson.

"We think it's inappropriate to make any comment on the ongoing grand jury investigation except to say, once again, that we believe in our client's innocence and we think a fair proceeding will result hopefully, and no indictment taking place," said Jackson lawyer Howard Weitzman. The grand jury was expected to meet again in two weeks, sources said. The photograph hearing was recessed briefly when Los Angeles and Santa Barbara prosecutors met privately with Slater. The judge said he wanted an update on The Associated Press Assemblywoman Jackie Speier, center, is comforted by fellow legislators at the Capitol in Sacramento. Assemblywoman returns after death of husband tion you have extended to me and my staff for the last few weeks," she said.

"It has given me a great appreciation for humankind," she added. Speier last week took out papers to run for a fifth term. Her husband, emergency room physician Steven Sierra, was killed in a traffic accident on Jan. 25. Shortly before his death, Speier announced she was not running for secretary of state because she is in the early weeks of a high-risk pregnancy.

She and Sierra have a 5-year-old son, Jackson. Speier was shot five times in Guyana during the 1978 Peoples Temple ambush that left five others dead, including her boss, Rep. Leo Ryan. She has since had two miscarriages and seen an infant she wanted to adopt reclaimed by the birth mother. The Associated Press SACRAMENTO Assemblywoman Jackie Speier, bolstered by hugs and kind words, returned Thursday to the Capitol for the first time since the traffic death of her husband last month.

The Burlingame Democrat was greeted and hugged by colleagues when she appeared midway in the morning Assembly session. Several lawmakers also tried to shield her from cameras and chided cameramen for taking her picture, even from afar. Assemblyman David Knowles, a conservative Cameron Park Republican who has often clashed with Speier over bills, stood and formally welcomed Speier back. "I would like to thank each and every one of you for the remarkable support and affec OLYMPUS IS-2 35-135 ZOOM ED CLASS LENS REFLEX VIEW STYLUS ZOOM 35-70 ZOOM WEATHER PROOF AUTO THREAD AUTO FOCUS MULTI MODE AUTO s469 00 $179 95 OLYMPUS OLYMPUS 3000 OLYMPUS STYLUS LIGHT WEIGHT POCKET SIZE RED EYE FLASH AUTO FOCUS 38 -110 ZOOM WEATHER PROOF COMPACT SIZE AUTO FOCUS 239 OO 119 95 000 GSH3 as Vv1 '1 pi I a Sw miiiu ''mgf wusm mm IEW CARDS Santa Cruz County entimel WIN A 13" COLOR TV from EVERY DAY IN THE ewsLioe Santa Cruz Countv "is ill tv i Sentinel "WNV rLBiRrinrQiri CALL selection number 1200 NEW 7M3356p 9ff IT'S Pf iU FREE! 5V II NEWSLINE 1-3 3 1 23 1 3 1 1 60 61 NUMBERS. DAILY! When you hit BINGO, mail complete card (NO photocopies) to: Santa Cruz NAME County Sentinel Newsline Bingo ADDRESS I P.O.

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