A new lawyer for O.J. Simpson filed a new attempt to gain his release from Nevada state prison, alleging the former American football star and actor was so badly represented by lawyers in his trial and previous appeals that he deserves a retrial.

Lawyer says Simpson was so badly represented he deserves a retrial

A 94-page document filed in Clark County District Court in Las Vegas faults the trial strategy and performance of attorneys Yale Galanter of Miami and Gabriel Grasso of Las Vegas, but maintains Mr Simpson’s same basic defence.

It says the National Football League Hall of Fame wanted to recover family photos and personal mementoes from sports memorabilia dealers, which were stolen from him after his 1995 acquittal in the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman.

Mr Simpson, 64, was convicted in 2008 in Las Vegas of charges including kidnapping and armed robbery. He was sentenced to nine to 33 years behind bars.

Almost all of the 22 grounds that lawyer Patricia Palm cited in the document fault Dr Galanter and Dr Grasso. Dr Palm is due to argue the case on July 3 in Clark County District Court in Las Vegas.

The first claim is that Dr Galanter had a conflict of interest so severe he should have removed himself from the case. It does not raise a similar contention against Dr Grasso.

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