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:: Trial postponed in MSCD prof's assault case Carolyn Bauer David 0. Williams The Metropolitan The trial of a tenured history professor charged with assaulting a student has been moved back to February due to the defendant's contention that the prosecution has violated his right to due process. Metropolitan State College of Denver professor Charles Angeletti, charged with destruction of private property, disturbing the peace and assaulting his former student, Kathy Lineberger, was
granted a trial delay by Denver County Court Judge Jacqueline St. Joan until February 19, 1991. In addition to the motion for continuance, Angeletti's attorney, David A. Lane, filed a motion to enforce plea agreement. The companion motion asserts that" Angeletti is being singled out by the prosecutor for treatment unlike that of any other similarly situated defendant." It also states that the city attorney had agreed to allow Angeletti to plead guilty to charges other than the assault charge but that the offer was subsequently changed.
"M r. Angeletti has suffered substantial prejudice as a result of the proffered plea bargain having been revoked," Lane stated in the motion. "This would have been acceptable to Mr. Angeletti, who was prepared lo acknowledge his having created a disturbance and damaged the complainant's door. but denie vehemently ever having assaulted her." Angeletti has paid restitution for damaging Lineberger' s door, according to the motion. The motion also states that Angeletti applied to participate in a diversion program offered by the
Denver City Attorney's Domestic Violence Program but was not accepted. "Diversion works as an alternative to trial, but there are conditions to admittance," said Linda Ferry, domestic violence program administrator. "First of all, half of the people choose not to participate. Some are rejected because they have a prior criminal record and other are rejected because they haven't admitted responsibility for their actions." Ln his motion, Lane states that the prosecutor and Angeletti' s fonner attorney at no time condi-
tioned the plea agreement upon Angeletti's being accepted into a divers ion program. The plea agreement'motion also states that Angeletti 's relationship with former student Kathy Lineberger was consensual and that she is using the charges filed against Angeletti to gain vengeance. 'This ha caused a great deal of professional pain and embarras ment to Mr. Angeletti," according to the motion. "This case has also become omething of a cause celebreon the Metro campus. In an effort to terminate the proceedings see ANGELETTI page 5