Clarence Norman Jr. was convicted in his first two trials on felony larceny charges for soliciting illegal campaign contributions.

Days after last week's New York Democratic primary, Clarence Norman Jr. could barely hide his exhilaration.

He had taken on Clarence Norman Jr., the Democratic Party leader, and come close to winning his Assembly seat.

Clarence Norman Jr., the former Brooklyn Democratic party leader, was acquitted yesterday in the third of four criminal cases central to a wide-ranging corruption inquiry.

He is running purely as the representative of Clarence Norman Jr. and his father to keep the Assembly power in their hands.

A judge on Friday delayed the corruption trial of Clarence Norman Jr., the Brooklyn Democratic leader.

"We've got no use for these any more," said Clarence Norman Jr., the party chairman in the city's largest borough, who endorsed both candidates.

"Is there an exception in the law for Clarence Norman Jr.?"

Clarence Norman Jr. had nothing to say to prosecutors in Brooklyn yesterday about judgeships for sale or, for that matter, anything else.

The club was run by Clarence Norman Jr., who was a state assemblyman and the borough party leader at the time.