him and skyers so that we could convict the others. >> the indictment charged melvin walker and david ramseymurder. walker for shooting brown and ramsey, who also worked at ex-sheriff dorsey's private security firm, for being the armed lookout ready to kill anyone who intervened. >> walker was the triggerman. and skyers got rid of the gun. and cuffy drove the getaway car. >> cuffy's plea changed everything. >> i will accept your plea of guilty as to counts 12, 13 and 14. >> the trial in the state murder case against ramsey and walker began in the spring of 2002. it was held right in dekalb county. cuffy was the state's star witness. >> i do, sir. >> paul skyers testified that derwin brown was assassinated to pave the way for sidney dorsey's comeback. the four co-conspirators, he said, were all promised promotions for killing brown. >> it was a very demented understanding and very irrational. but he believed that there would be a special election in which he could retake his office. >> full weight of the evidence against these two guys brought in the conspiracy that sid dorsey ordered it, bro

david wilson, senior deputy comptroller and chief national bank examiner, office of the comptroller office of the comptroller of the currency. mr. ramsey, you are recognized. >> chairman of the bar, ranking member capuano, members of the subcommittee, my name is john ramsay and i'm deputy director in the division of trading and markets of the security and exchange commission. thank you for the opportunity to testify on behalf of the commission concerning its oversight of credit rating agencies and the regulatory treatment ratings. the commission first gave her a story sort of rating agencies in 2006 with the passage of the credit rating agency reform act. which mandated the commission to establish a registration and oversight program for nationally recognized statistical rating organizations, or nrsros. it is important to note the commission is prohibited from regulating the substance of credit ratings or rating agency procedures or methodologies. from 2007-2009 the commission adopted rules under this authority to address conflicts of interest, establish record-keeping and reporting requirements, and require credit agencies to perform