<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Associated Press:</div><div class="quote_post">EAGLE, Colo. -- In what is considered a first in Colorado courts, prosecutors and Kobe Bryant's lawyers are wrangling over details of how to guide jurors in determining the NBA star's guilt or innocence. Defense attorneys want state District Judge Terry Ruckriegle to tell jurors they must acquit Bryant if they determine Bryant's accuser consented to submit to sex. That issue is among several brought up in the sexual assault case against Bryant that have not come up before in Colorado courts. Bryant's high-powered defense team has flooded prosecutors with paper, filing motions and seeking rulings on anything they believe could lead to an acquittal, or a reversal on appeal if Bryant is convicted. The Los Angeles Lakers guard was scheduled to return to Eagle on Monday for a two-day hearing, during which the judge could set a date for the trial. One more pretrial hearing is scheduled for late July.</div> Full Story
