PRESS RELEASE
Donald C. Smaltz, Independent Counsel In Re Espy, today announced:
Friday evening, February 14, 1997, a federal jury in the United
States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi found defendant Norris
Faust, Jr. not guilty of three counts of lying to a federal grand jury sitting in
Jackson, Mississippi on August 28 and 29, 1996.
Mr. Smaltz stated:
"This jury has spoken on the charges against this defendant. In our
system of justice, that ends this particular matter and we now move on to other aspects of
our investigation."
