Posted on 04/06/2022 4:46:38 PM PDT by Libloather
A federal judge has denied a defense bid to have Ed Buck’s convictions for providing the drugs that killed two men in his West Hollywood apartment overturned on the grounds that the government used evidence of the defendant’s sexual fetishes to unfairly prejudice the jury, according to court papers obtained Tuesday.
U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder heard arguments Monday and took the matter under submission, saying she needed time to examine some of the defense arguments before ruling on the acquittal motion. Her written ruling was filed later that day.
Sentencing is scheduled for April 14. Buck faces between 20 years and life in federal prison.
A defense attorney had argued via Zoom that prosecutors improperly “kink-shamed” Buck during trial by pointing the jury toward his sexual practices in an effort to obscure insufficient proof supporting the government’s charges.
Mark Werksman further alleged that the two victims, Gemmel Moore and Timothy Dean, suffered multiple underlying medical conditions that caused their deaths, not the methamphetamine they ingested at Buck’s apartment.
During the brief hearing, Assistant U.S. Attorney Lindsay Bailey responded that several medical experts, including a county medical examiner, called to the stand by prosecutors had testified that both men died from lethal overdoses of methamphetamine.
As for the evidence deemed “unfairly prejudicial” by Werksman, the judge pointed out that much of it came from Buck’s own cell phone.
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My thought!
Schiff’s pal..
Get out of jail free card.
Schiff hits the fan?
One can only hope.....
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