Mr. Marquez agreed to be interviewed primarily to discuss a tangled case in which he pleaded guilty to state gambling charges and paid a $1 million fine.

This was a tangled case, Mr. Ambrose discovered.

The tangled case has been complicated from the first by differing accounts about the role of race in the shooting.

In fact, Mr. Dingell is just trying to sort out a tangled case, and even the National Institutes of Health has recently reopened its inquiry.

But law-enforcement officials would not speculate on which of the many, tangled cases for which Mr. Chiodo is a key witness might have prompted it.

What in the name of all that was mysterious had brought him into this tangled case?

PAGE B3 A tangled case against a former New Jersey coroner ends with a conviction.

Yesterday's events brought more confusion into an already tangled and slow-moving case.

Pastor Bonilla said the verdict made it clear that the only haven to be found in this tangled case was the one the judge created for himself.

Answer: The Administration simply hasn't made the effort needed for these tangled cases.