Chad Abraham:
".,..In the arrest affidavits for two defendants is an identical sentence that could prove pivotal in the separate case of an Aspen man charged with multiple drug felonies, say three of the state’s top defense attorneys.
They recently weighed in on the unusual case of Thomas Simmons, 22, of Aspen. He was arrested Feb. 4 for tampering with evidence after a police officer wrote in a warrant that Simmons was caught on surveillance footage trying to hide a baggie of MDMA, or ecstasy, at the Belly Up.
The tampering case was dropped a few days later when police realized the person on the footage was not Simmons. For Simmons, who allegedly had cocaine and ecstasy on his person when he was arrested, and ounces of those drugs, along with LSD and psilocybin mushrooms, in his Park Circle apartment, the police mistake may not matter.
Despite the faulty warrant that led to his arrest, the details in the second warrant to search his home remain “compelling,” Aspen prosecutor Arnold Mordkin said in a Feb. 13 court hearing.
But does the misidentification undermine the entire case?...." (Read more? Click title)
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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)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
"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)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
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