February 22, 2012

SandBox Comments: Aspen Daily News "Two more arrested following mistaken ID"

Chad Abraham:
"The tampering case against Simmons was dismissed at the request of the Aspen district attorney’s office Feb. 10 after police said further investigation pointed to a different suspect.

By then, however, Simmons had been charged with eight felonies related to the drugs police allegedly found. Those charges still stand, and Chief Deputy District Attorney Arnold Mordkin said in court Feb. 13 that the information that led to the second warrant remains “compelling.”

Simmons’ attorney, public defender Tina Fang, said in court the same day that the original warrant that got her client arrested “completely misidentified” him, a mistake that “raises issues of culpability and whether evidence will be suppressed....” (Read more? Click title)


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