The Garrison case

This book involves an account of the investiaton by Jim Garrison, District Attorney for New Orleans, LA, into an alleged conspiracy involving Lee Harvey Oswald and a cast of characters from New Orleans. The prime suspect, charged by Garison with conspiracy to commit the assasination, was Claw Shaw, a prominent New Orleans bussiness man. His trial took place in 1979, resulting in the speedy acquittal. Garrison's much trumpeted case proved to be non-existent. This book is by an attorney who reprresented several lesser figures charged by Garrison with perjury, including Walter Sheridan, an NBC news reporter. A federal court enjoined his prosecution as having ben brought in bad faith.