Sword's case is still pending. He faces astatus hearing in six days.

Cool and Unemotional

Throughout yesterday's proceeding, Lee seemedrelatively cool and unemotional.

Dressed in a dark blue jacket with a blue andyellow striped tie, Lee sat on the front bench ofcourtroom 6B for about 45 minutes before theproceeding began.

Approached before the proceedings, Lee referredall questions to his attorney, James W. Lawson,who was not sitting with him.

Lee's case was the first of the day to becalled, and he approached the hip-high dividerseparating the public from the court officials andattorneys.

A court official asked the alum if he waschanging his plea on the first of his 58 larcenycounts.

"Yes," he said.

"What is your plea?"

"Guilty," he said.

Lee did not change his not guilty pleas on theother 57 counts of larceny over $250.

After Lee took the stand, Judge Regina Quinlanasked him if he understood his rights and theimplications of changing his plea.

To most of the questions, Lee looked at thejudge and responded squarely: "Yes, I understand."

After the judge questioned Lee, Murphy listedthe evidence against him.

Murphy also raised the point that there weremany victims to Lee's crime, includingticket-buyers who unwittingly funded Lee'sspending sprees, skaters who donated their timeunder the mistaken impression that they werehelping the Jimmy Fund and, finally, the childcancer patients for whom the money was intended.