The Region - News from Nov. 22, 1985

A Los Angeles federal judge rejected a defense motion to release Richard W. Miller on bail, saying the fired FBI agent, who is awaiting a second trial on espionage charges, is “likely to flee” the country if released. “I cannot . . . in good conscience release Mr. Miller on bail at this time,” U.S. District Judge David V. Kenyon said. Miller, 48, has been held at Terminal Island Federal Prison since October, 1984, when he was arrested and accused of conspiring to commit espionage for the Soviet Union. Miller’s first trial ended in a hung jury earlier this month. Kenyon also set Jan. 28, 1986, as the start of Miller’s second trial, but one of the two defense attorneys, Stanley Greenberg, said he was “90% sure” that he would ask to withdraw from the case. Other cases and family commitments would probably prevent him from assisting Joel Levine in defending Miller if the retrial begins in January, he said.