The new lawyer for Assemblyman Clarence Norman said thâe beleaguered Brooklyn Democratic leader is ready to go to trial.
Retired Judge Edward Rappaport, who presided over Lemrick Nelson’s murder trial for stabbing Yankel Rosenbaum in the 1991 Crown Heights riots, formally took over the reins yesterday, introducing himself at a Brooklyn Supreme Court hearing as lead council for Norman.
Norman will first face a jury on a count of failing to report campaignđ expenses paid for by a political-action committee.đ
Jury selection will begin Aug. 1.