In a new filing on Friday from Recio and Melton attorneys jointly move to dismiss charges based on prosecutorial misconduct. WLBT reports on this story in slightly more graphic detail. The Clarion Ledger hits it, too. The Jackson Free Press Melton Hate Machine, apparently still giddy off the high provided by the Barack Obama win and the fact that some Jacksonians might be losing their jobs, has yet to comment.
I won’t go too deeply into the motion, but you need to read it. In very brief terms, it seems that Melton & Recio’s lawyers allege that Marcus Wright may have been coerced into a plea and that there is information regarding an internal investigation involving a sexual relationship/encounter of some sort. Also involved someone at the Leake County Jail named Torey Smith. Counsel for Melton & Recio further allege that the government willfully withheld that information regarding Smith. Of futher interest, in PACER, the exhibits to this motion are restricted, which means there’s probably some pretty juicy stuff in ’em.
There are a couple of more mundane filings.
First, a trial brief by the government laying out their legal arguments and strategies.
Second, a copy of the government’s planned voir dire.
hattip to YP Reader, Lynn.
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