April 3, 2012

SandBoxBlogs: Aspen Daily News "Public defender readies another sanction attempt on Aspen district attorney"

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Chad Abraham:
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The attorney for a man facing three felonies after allegedly calling in a bomb threat to get into a concert said Monday that she will seek to have the charges dismissed because of an alleged pretrial evidence miscue by the Aspen district attorney’s office.

Asa Robinson’s lawyer, public defender Tina Fang, said she also will be filing a motion later this month to sanction Chief Deputy District Attorney Arnold Mordkin. She alleged that Mordkin only within the past 10 days turned over to her a recorded statement Robinson made to an Aspen police detective in the Pitkin County Jail.

Prosecutors are expected to turn over evidence to defense attorneys 20 days after the filing of charges. After that, when new evidence comes to a prosecutor’s attention it must be turned over to the defense as soon as practical, according to the Colorado Rules of Criminal Procedure.

Robinson, 30, of Glenwood Springs, has been in jail since he was arrested at the Belly Up on Nov. 22. He was advised the next day that he faces felony counts of false reporting of explosives, assault of a police officer and menacing. Police say he called the county communications center to report a bomb in the venue, which was evacuated during a sold-out Zeds Dead show....." (Read more?  Click title)
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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

With what? Two other sanctions or discipline still pending? Are we going to get anyone in the local attorney field to step up and run or are we going to be putting up with major crime all around us and still footing the bills for so many case mistakes?