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Narcy Novack's brother wants to be his own lawyer in millionaire murder case
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Cristobal Veliz, convicted June 20 with his sister Narcy Novack, in the July 2009 brutal beating death of millionaire hotel heir Ben Novack Jr. in Rye Brook, now wants to represent himself in the case.
Veliz, 58, of Brooklyn, sent a letter last month to U.S. District Judge Kenneth Karas complaining that his current lawyer, Lawrence Sheehan, is refusing to take his calls or set up an email...
