Judge Biggers orders discovery of affidavits, intercepted wire communications in Scruggs case
This order was signed yesterday by Judge Neal Biggers, the senior status federal judge who will preside over the Scruggs trial. It allows defense attorneys to discover affidavits used to get warrants to intercept wire communications and also to receive a disc of the intercepted communications themselves. Doesn't mean these will become public, however. Defense counsel, very early in this case, made a motion to discover the prosecutors' evidence. Note that the order on its face appears to apply only to wire communications and not to recordings that might have been made via a microphone on someone's body. Those who know more about criminal procedure than I do may be able to tell me further about the significance of the order.
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Written By:lotus
On December 11, 2007 10:34 AM
Tahnks so much, David.
Scott Horton is not rushing to condemn the Scruggs indictment, as well he might not, but passes along this tidbit:
"A law enforcement official I interviewed, who for professional reasons asked to remain anonymous, told me that Scruggs's junior partner Sidney Backstrom might take the same road as Balducci."
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Better check out "Lott's Lament" while you're at Scott's too, y'all. Just sayin'. Helmet-hair's crim-lawyered-up.
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