Ex-Penn State officials move to avoid Sandusky-related trial

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Penn State athletic director Tim Curley (L) and Penn State president Graham Spanier watch the Nittany …HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) - Three former Penn State officials head to a state appellate court on Tuesday in a last-ditch bid to avoid trial on charges they tried to hamper an investigation of the child molestation case against former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky.

Lawyers for former Penn State President Graham Spanier, former athletic director Timothy Curley and former university vice president Gary Schultz were expected to argue that the men did not receive effective legal representation from then-university lawyer Cynthia Baldwin when they appeared before a grand…