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Sep 8, 2006 5:37 pm US/Eastern

Littlejohn Files Motion Requesting New Attorney

by Scott Weinberger
BROOKLYN (CBS) ― Murder suspect Darryl Littlejohn filed a court motion Friday seeking to have his attorney removed, CBS 2 has confirmed.

In the motion, filed in New York State Supreme Court in Brooklyn, Littlejohn seeks to dismiss Kevin O'Donnell from the case, although it is unclear why he is not satisfied with the representation he has received thus far.

A hearing is scheduled for Sept. 20, at which a judge is expected to appoint a new attorney.

Littlejohn was charged early this year in the murder of graduate student Imette St. Guillen in Manhattan. He was later indicted in at least one sexual assault in Queens. That was in connection with an attack in the borough last year.

St. Guillen, 24, was last seen alive in The Falls bar on the Bowery in Manhattan just before 4 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25. Later that day, an anonymous telephone caller directed police to a rubbish-filled side of the road where her body had been dumped.

Littlejohn was working as a bouncer at the bar that night. In an exclusive March interview with CBS 2 from jail, Littlejohn said he was asked to escort St. Guillen out of the bar where she was drinking just before closing.

Asked whether he killed St. Guillen, he said, "No, I did not."

At the time, his attorney, O'Donnell, said his client was being treated as a scapegoat because police couldn't find the real killer.

The Brooklyn District Attorney said cell phone records show Littlejohn was in the Brooklyn neighborhood where St. Guillen's body was found about the time she was killed. A witness also reported seeing a van resembling one belonging to Littlejohn in the area, he said.

Littlejohn said that after escorting St. Guillen out of the bar, he finished up his work and went home to Jamaica, Queens.

St. Guillen was from Boston and had been attending graduate school at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan.

Her body was found with a sock stuffed in her mouth and her head wrapped with packaging tape.

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