Tue Nov 10, 2:02 PM ET

Robert 'Joe' Halderman, left, listens as his attorney Gerald Shargel speaks to the media outside Manhattan criminal court following his court appearance, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, in New York. Halderman, who was charged with attempted grand larceny in the first degree for trying to extort $2 million from talk show host David Letterman, is trying to get a dismissal. ( AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)

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