Clint Eastwood's Oscar-nominated American Sniper set off a $105 million box-office frenzy this weekend with potential ramifications in a capital murder case. On Feb. 11, Eddie Ray Routh is scheduled to stand trial for killing Chris Kyle, the former Navy SEAL played by Bradley Cooper in the film. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Routh, who confessed to shooting the deadliest sniper in American history and Kyle's friend Chad Littlefield two years ago at a rifle range southwest of Dallas. The Warner Bros. film "is going to be an issue," J. Warren St. John, Routh's attorney, tells The Hollywood Reporter in an interview. "Can there be a fair trial?" http://yhoo.it/1xOifWc http://bit.ly/1fJ5yqZ
How 'American Sniper' Could Complicate the Murder Trial of Chris Kyle's Killer
Clint Eastwood's Oscar-nominated American Sniper set off a $105 million box-office frenzy this weekend with potential ramifications in a capital murder case. On Feb. 11, Eddie Ray Routh is scheduled to stand trial for killing Chris Kyle, the former Navy SEAL played by Bradley Cooper in the film. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Routh, who confessed to shooting the deadliest sniper in American history and Kyle's friend Chad Littlefield two years ago at a rifle range southwest of Dallas. The Warner Bros. film "is going to be an issue," J. Warren St. John, Routh's attorney, tells The Hollywood Reporter in an interview. "Can there be a fair trial?" http://yhoo.it/1xOifWc http://bit.ly/1fJ5yqZ
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