D.A.’s Staff Can Take Part in Bombing Case

An Oklahoma appeals court ruled that the district attorney in Oklahoma City cannot take part in the prosecution of bombing defendant Terry L. Nichols on murder charges but his office can. In October, a judge ordered Dist. Atty. Bob Macy and his assistants off the case because of public comments by Macy that were deemed a violation of professional conduct. But the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals said the judge could not bar Macy’s underlings from trying the case because the remarks did not involve them.