by Josephine Gibson II
Published 4 years ago
Updated 2 years ago
10 min read
Gadsden, Alabama, U.S. Moore attended West Point and served as a company commander in the Military Police Corps during the Vietnam War. After graduating from the University of Alabama Law School, he joined the Etowah County district attorney's office, serving as an assistant district attorney from 1977 to 1982.
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During opening statements, lawyers gave divergent views of Corfman and Moore and what happened in 1979. Lawyers for Moore told jurors that he doesn't know Corfman, whom they described as being motivated by politics and a desire to be in the limelight.
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"The political motivation should be clear, why else would she do it?" McPhillips said. "She filed the suit so she can keep on backing in the limelight."