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Leary was taken to jail and later charged with second-degree robbery with special circumstances, a felony which could have put him in prison for years if convicted. Leary had two previous convictions one for drug possession and another for auto theft, prosecutors said. Before going to trial this time, the district attorney tried to negotiate a plea bargain with the defendant, which would have resulted in jail time. But Leary stood fast, insisting he was not guilty. After days filled with jury selection, testimony by witnesses, and examination of two wine bottles-one half consumed and the nail clippers, the day came for the finale.

In an impassioned closing argument. Deputy Dist. Atty. David Campbell turned to the jurors. "You may be saying right now, 'Where is the murder, the armed kidnap, the rape? Isn't this an inconsequential case for a felony' But a half bottle of wine is gone.

It's history. It was the defendant's intent to permanently deprive Mr. Rashid of his property. Property is property, no matter how slight." The jury retired Friday morning to sort it out. They had to determine if Leary was guilty of petty theft and simple battery, both misdemeanors, or second-degree robbery with a deadly weapon.

It took the jurors only five hours hardly time for a fine old wine to breathe properly to reach their verdict. They found Leary not guilty of robbing Rashid at toenail clipper-point. However, they found him guilty of petty theft, for which he could serve further jail time. "We wondered why we were even hearing this case," said jury foreman Wilma Hairston. "It shouldn't have gotten this far in the justice system." As for the toenail clippers, she said, "We didn't know what to make of them." The Verdict: Jurors took five days to find Jerry Lynn Leary not guilty of robbing a liquor store at toenail clipper-point, but guilty of petty theft.

By CAROL McGRAW TIMES STAFF WRITER The case was titled People vs. Leary. If convicted of a felony, the homeless man stood to get seven years in prison. His crime? Stealing a $1.39 bottle of wine and threatening a Skid Row liquor store clerk with a pair of toenail clippers. But when the five-day trial ended Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court, jurors wondered aloud why the case of Jerry Lynn Leary was even in court.

Each day, Leary was brought into Judge Stephen Lachs' court under guard and in handcuffs. He wore blue jail overalls and often argued with his attorney over the finer points of law. It began with Leary's arrest last Nov. 30 at the Blue Beard Market, 450 S. Main St.

That morning, Mohd Harunun Rashid, an immigrant from Bangladesh, was cashiering at the tiny liquor store wedged between an adult movie house and a fried chicken outlet an area of downtown where wine is served up in paper bags on the streets. Rashid testified that Leary asked for a couple of bottles of wine and he brought to the counter two bottles of Cisco a quart bottle of the orange-tinted variety, and a 16-ounce bottle of the grape. Rashid said that Leary grabbed the grape wine from his hands and, wielding a pair of toenail clippers, threatened to "cut my neck." Leary left the store and commenced to drink half the bottle before Los Angeles police showed up and arrested him. Rashid told the jury that he feared for his life. Court-appointed defense attorney James Vitek argued that Leary actually had intended to pay for the wine, but Rashid "overreact White has lost his chance to occupy b4.

Nd6 29 Qd2 Rdc8 Now Black has equalized. 30 Rfcl a6 31 Bf1 Nb4 32 Rc3 Qd7 33 Ndl RcB 34 Rxc6 Rxc6 36 Rxc6 Qxc6 36 Nc3 Kf8 37 Kf2 Ke7 38 Ke1 Kf8 39 Kd1 Qc8 40 Kal Kg7 41 Na2 Nxa2 42 Qxa2 Qc7 Black accomplishes nothing with 42 Qcl 43 Kf2 because 44 Ne2 Qdl 45 Qa3! NcB 46 h3 hxg4 47 hxg4 Kf7 48 Ocl exchanges Queens. 43 Kf2 Kf8 44 Qb2 Ka7 46 Be2 Kd8 46 Ks1 KcB 47 Kd2 Kb7 48 Qc1 Qe77l A point behind, Timman disdains the draw he could secure by trading Queens. 49 Kel Bd7 60 Kf2 NeB 61 Qh1l7 Karpov abandons his Queenside to try for a win. Qb4 62 h4 Qxb3 If 52 h6 53 hxg5 hxg5.

then 54 Qh7 KcB 55 017! Qxb3 66 Nxe4 Bxa4 57 Nxf6 gives White the more serious threats. 63 hxg5 fxgS 64 Qxh7 Oxa4 66 Qs7 Oc6 66 QxgB a4 Splitting his passers. Perhaps Black should push the b-pawn. 67 Qe7 Qd6 68 Qxd6 NxdB 69 Bd1 Bb6 60 Ne2 a3 61 Nc1 Kc7 The sealed move. White has the better of a drawn ending, because Black must bring his King back to the Kingside to stop White's pawns.

62 Kfl3 Nc4 63 Be2 Be8 64 Kf4 Nb2 66 KgB Nd3 66 Nb3l Not 66 Na2 b5 67 Kf6? because of 67 b4 6B Bd Nf2 69 Bb3 Nxg4, and Black wins. a2 Threatening 67 Nc1. 67 N1 b6 68 Bdl Restraining Black's pawns. However, Black should still draw. b4 69 Bb3 Nc1 70 BxdB Kd6 71 Bc4 BbB As 72 b3 queens.

72 Bg8 Ko7 73 Kh6 Setting a last trap. If 73 Kg6, Black draws with 73 Kf8 74 Bd5 Bc6 75 Bc4 Bb5 76 Be6 Bd7, as 77 loses to 77 Bxe6 78 fxe6 b3 79 Kf6 b2 80 g6 blQ! Bl g7 KgB 82 e7 Qb6. Kf87? Correct is 73 b3! 74 Bxb3 Nxb3 75 Nxb3 Bc4 76 Nal Kf6. drawing. The attempt 77 KxfS 78 g6 Kg4 79 Kh7 Kf3 80 g7 Kxe3 81 g8QiBxg8 82 Kxg8 Kxd4 wins for Black.

74 Ba6 Bd7 76 gBI Ouchl If 75 Bxe6 76 fxe6 b3, then 77 g6 b2 78 g7 Ke7 79 g8Q bxa 1Q 80 Qf7 Kd6 81 Qd7 mate. Or 78 Kg8 79 e7 KI7 80g8Q Kxe7 81 Qg5. and a series of checks wins the pawn at b2. For example, 81 Kd6 82 Qc6 Ke6 83 Qb6. or 81 82Qd5Kf6 83Qc6Kf7(83.

Kf5 84 Qg6 mate) 84 Qb7, winning. b3 76 g6. Black Resigns. GM Karpov (U.S.S.R.) GM Timman (Holland) 8, Kuala Lumpur 1990: 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 a6 3 Nf3 b6 4 g3 Ba6 A popular line of the Queen's Indian Defense. 6 b3 Karpov and Kasparov thoroughly tested 5 Bb4 6 Bd2 Be7.

6 Bg2 dxc4 7 Na5 Bb4 8 Kf 1 As 8 Bd2 allows 8 Oxd4. Nfd7l7 A new move. Black gets some compensation with 8 c6 9 Nxc6 Nxc6 10 Bxc6 Ke7 1 1 Bxa8 QxaS. 9 Nxc4 With a two-point lead, Karpov plays it safe. The wild 9 Bxa8 Nxe5 would suit Timman.

c6 10 Bb2 0-0 11 Nbd2 b6 12 Ne3 Bb7 13 Qc2 Qb6 14 Nf3 Thinking of 15 Ng5 NI6 16 d5. Nf6 16 NeB Be7 16 N3g4 Nxg4 17 Nxg4 Nd7 18 Bf3 Rac8 19 Rdl a6 Strange. Black stands well after the natural 19 c5 20 Qc3 Nf6. and 20 exd5 probably favors Black after either 21 Bxd5 Bxd5 22 Rxd5 Qc6 or 2 1 QI5 Qe6! 20 Qe4 Rc7 21 Kg2 a47l Going for complications. Instead, 21 c5 22 d5 Re8! lif 22 f5.

then 23 Qxe6-l- keeps material equality) 23 Qf4 exd5 is fine. 22 bxa4 Ra8 23 axbB cxbB 24 Qb1 Bxf3 26 axf3 hB? Black would like to plant his Knight on d5, but 25 NI67I 26 Nxf6 Bxf6 27 d5l leaves White a safe pawn ahead. More logical is 25 Qa6, when 26 d5 Qxa2 and 26 a3 Nb6 27 Ne3 Nd5 should hold. 26 Na3 h4 Pointless, but 26 Nf6 27 d5 opens lines for White's pieces. 27 d6l BcB 28 Rhel White masses his forces for a breakthrough with 29 dxe6.

e6 29 Ng4 Rca77l The a-pawn means little. Black may survive 29 16 30 Qg6 NfSI. but 30 d6l? Bxd6 31 Qg6. threatening 32 Nh6, appears to win. Then 31 Bf8 is mated by 32 Nh6 Kh8 33 NI7 KgB 34 Re4 Nc5 35 Rh4.

and 31 KI8 32 Ne3l Nc5 33 NI5 RdB loses nicely to 34 Bxe5l fxe5 35 Rxd6. 30 NxeB NxeS 31 RxeB Rxa2 32 d6l More convincing than 32 Rh5 (6. h3 Now 32 (6 loses instantly to 33 Re7 (threatening 34 Og6) Bxd6 34 Re6. 33 Kxh3 Bxd6 34 RhB Qxf2 0r34. f6 35 Bxf6! Qxf2 36 Qb3 Kf8 37 Rh8 mate.

36 Qh7 Kf8 36 Qxg7 Ke8 No better is 36 Ke7 37 Qf6 Ke8 38 Rh8 BI8 39 Qe5 mate. 37 Rh8 Kd7 38 Qxf7. Black Resigns. WSS vertical! Emm blinds ij Ln Genuine Ball I Lllfii VaUaUEXal' HrD MINI- PS JjHjiD i BLINDS IfcsVI gfj'llftJj I Jl65SrRy mmp SWeatde San Fernando (213) (818) 656-3898 908-0410 HOURS: HSi MON. thru SAT.

las 1 9:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. Iaafl April 1. 1990 Position 06056: Black to play and win. From the game Bricard Pinter, France 1989 Solution to Position 6066: White wins with 1 Nxl7! Rxf7 2 NI6 gx(6 (Black holds out longest with 2 KhB 3 Qxl7) 3 0x17 Kh8 4 Qx(6 Kh7 5 Qxh6 mate.

If 1 Qe8, then 2 Nxh6 gxh6 3 Nxe7 Kg7 4 Qxh6 mate and 2 Kh7 3 NI7 Kg8 4 Nxe7 Nxe 5 Qh8 mate wrap it up. INTERNATIONAL NEWS Former world champion Anatoly Kar-pov defeated Jan Timman of Holland, 6W-2'i, in their Candidates final match in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Karpov finished with a flourish, winning the last two games. He earns the right to challenge Gary Kasparov in the 1990 world championship, which begins Oct. 7 in New York City.

Karpov won the first, fourth, eighth and ninth games, and drew the rest. He was never in trouble, and actually missed chances to win by an even greater margin. Timman, ranked third in the world behind Kasparov and Karpov, said that he didn't think he could win after losing the adjourned fourth game, which he called his "best game." The next Kasparov-Karpov match will be their fifth championship match, extending their record rivalry. Kasparov leads, 17 wins to 16, with 87 draws. LOCAL NEWS Senior Master Alan Pollard won the 39-player Victor Valley Open last weekend in Victorville.

Pollard scored 5-1, drawing Andy Sacks and Nick Schoon-maker and defeating top-rated IM Doug Root. Root, Sacks and Schoonmaker tied for second place with 4-2. Alan Morrow topped the Reserve (under 2000) section with 5-1. Mark Doyle was second, and Doug Fraser was best under 1500. The Arcadia Chess Club begins its Spring Special, a five-round tournament on Monday evenings, on April 2.

The club meets 1 p.m. Mondays in the Senior Citizens Building, 405 S. Santa Anita Ave. in Arcadia. For more information, call Fred Brock at (818) 331-1638, or, during club hours, at (818) 445-9081.

TODAY'S GAMES GM Karpov (U.S.S.R.) GM Timman (Holland) 4. Kuala Lumpur 1990: 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nf3 Bg7 4 g3 c6 6 Bg2 d5 6 cxd5 A quiet variation of the Neo-Grun-feld Defense cxdB 7 Nc3 0-0 8 NeB s6 9 0-0Nfd7 10 14 This was tested in several dull Karpov Kasparov games. Nc6 1 1 Be3 f6 12 Nd3 Nb6 13 b3 Qe7 14 a4 Bd7 16 Bel RldB 16 03 Bs8 17 Ba3 Of 7 18 Rc1 Bf8 19 BxfB Qxf8 White has a tiny edge, because of his greater control of the dark squares 20 g4 Qs7 21 Qd2 RacB 22 Ne2 Rc7 23 Rc6 Nc8 24 15 The game heats up. Karpov undermines d5 and menaces 25 Nef4. gB 25 Ng3 Now White intends 26 fxc6 and 27 NI5 eBI? Offering a pawn Instead, too dangerous is 25 bB'l 26 Rc2 e5 27 Rfcl, when White threatens Nd3-b4.

26 Qcl White's pieces do not cooperate well after 26 Bxd5 Kh8 or 26 dxo5 Nxe5, and 26 Rxd5 exd4 is harmless. But 26 Rfc I e4 27 Nb4 improves on Karpov's choice. b6 27 Rc2 e4 28 NI2 Senior Class 7 Pre -Season HVmtMOi tMUhttg HeatingAir Conditioning teenager? Remember what it was like being a It hasn't gotten any easier. Heating Air Conditioning Installed by the Experts NO PAYMENTS! NO INTEREST on centrjl hating conditioning only Savings on Cosmetic Damaged Equipment Saint John's Adolescent Mental Health Services offer the expertise and environment that can help your troubled teenager experience a more normal transition from childhood to adulthood. Our multidisciplinary team of professionals works together to develop and implement an individualized treatment plan for each patient, including daily classes to ensure that your teen ager's academic progress does not suffer.

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