The Virginian-Pilot

THE LEDGER-STAR

: Friday, August 11, 1995

• CORRECTION/CLARIFICATION: ***************************************************************** The 5th District Court of Appeal in Daytona, Fla. - a state appeals court - on Wednesday overturned the murder conviction of Thomas Smolka, the former Virginia Beach lawyer sentenced to life in prison in Florida in 1993 for the murder of his wife, Betty Anne. A story Friday erroneously said that a federal appeals court overturned the conviction. Also, due to a technical error, in some editions, three or four paragraphs of the story were duplicated. Correction published Saturday, August 12, 1995 on page A2 of THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT AND THE LEDGER-STAR. ***************************************************************** SMOLKA VERDICT OVERTURNED IN 1993, THOMAS SMOLKA - A VIRGINIA BEACH REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER - WAS CONVICTED OF MURDERING HIS WIFE, BETTY ANNE, IN FLORIDA. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES. THE CIRCUMSTANTIAL CASE THAT CONVICTED HIM NOW MAY FREE HIM.
• YOUNG SMOKERS SAY THEY WON'T, CAN'T STOP ``I DON'T THINK IT'S ANY OF CLINTON'S BUSINESS WHAT I DO WITH MY LIFE.''
• SMOLKA'S IN-LAWS EXPECT FIGHT FOR KIDS
• NO PUBLIC POOLS IN CHESAPEAKE CITIZENS' CHOICE
• ISLING ON OZONE
• RUDE DRIVERS
• CIVILIAN LIVES WERE SAVED
• MANAGED CARE PUTS PATIENT SECOND
• U.S. WAS RIGHT TO DROP ATOMIC BOMBS
• HMOS LIMIT CARE, NOT COSTS
• GAYS HAVE RIGHTS, TOO
• LET THE BEST ENTER
• FELIX GET UPGRADED TO HURRICANE STATUS; EXPECTED TO INTESIFY
• CORRECTIONS
• TIGHTER AIRPORT SECURITY WAS INEVITABLE BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY
• NOTHING HEROIC ABOUT SUBSTANCE ABUSE SAD END TO A STRANGE TRIP
• PAYING PRISONERS OBEY THE LAW