Exactly. I'm glad that he has "the best in the business" for his lawyer - Roy Black. And I hope that Rush will end up giving the politically ambitious prosecutor in Palm Beach County a large black eye.
Thanks for your comment!
Char :)
Posted on 06/25/2005 6:09:58 PM PDT by CHARLITE
Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Thomas Barkdull, who originally issued the warrant used to seize Rush Limbaugh's medical records, ruled Friday that prosecutors will only receive records that "fall within the scope" of the original warrant, and that he will privately review them to make that determination.
Limbaugh's medical records were seized in late 2003 by Palm Beach County prosecutors investigating suspicions the radio talk show host had engaged in "doctor shopping" – illegally receiving multiple prescriptions from four different doctors for pain killers.
Limbaugh's attorney successfully had the records sealed while appealing the seizure, but arguments that they had been improperly taken failed in the Florida Supreme Court and the 4th District Court of Appeal.
Barkdull's ruling denies the prosecution's request for full access to the materials and forbids disclosure to anyone not involved with the inquiry. Limbaugh had argued that the records contained potentially embarrassing medical details.
"We are pleased that Judge Barkdull has agreed with our position that the state was not entitled to the wholesale seizure of Mr. Limbaugh's medical records," Limbaugh attorney Roy Black said. "We are finally getting the judicial review of the records for relevancy that we have sought from the start."
Black has argued that any records released to prosecutors must be limited to the period specified in the search warrants – March 2003 to Sept. 2003. Prosecutors were seeking prescription records from that period.
On Friday, Barkdull rejected Black's request to be present during his review of the records.
"We continue to believe that the search warrants were issued based on faulty and misleading statements from investigators and that the search was improper under both state and federal law," Black said in a statement reported by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. "Nothing in Judge Barkdull's order prevents us from renewing our motion to suppress all of the records at a later date."
Judge Barkdull gave no timetable for his private review of the records.
Rush Limbaugh has not been charged with any crimes.
Rush mentioned four doctors when this investigation was made public. According to Rush (IIRC), one was his primary doctor. The second was one who shared a practice with the primary and filled in when doctor #1 was away. Doctor number 3 was the specialist for his sudden deafness. Doctor number 4 was the fill in doctor at the ear specialist. So if Rush is telling the truth, there were only two separate practices, not four independent doctors.
What sounded like a very weak case to begin with has gotten suddenly weaker if only four doctors at two practices count as doctor shopping.
The DNC shysters didn't do very well with this one. LOL!
Once she sold her story to the tabloids she was no longer deemed credible.
I just don't see how any evidence from that source can be used in Court.
Pretty sad tale, no doubt.
And for those of you in Rio Linda........
LVM
Exactly. I'm glad that he has "the best in the business" for his lawyer - Roy Black. And I hope that Rush will end up giving the politically ambitious prosecutor in Palm Beach County a large black eye.
Thanks for your comment!
Char :)
Rush, we love you! Hang in there.
Yes, they are...not nearly as pissed as sHillary (and the others 'Rats) are going to be.
Medical charts are typically cryptic - poor handwriting, lots of abbreviations, etc. Even a very bright judge is going to be hard-pressed to determine the possibility of something so nebulous as "doctor shopping".
If there really is such a thing as the distinction between right and wrong, it sure as hell isn't going to be uncovered by the judiciary.
In other words the Judge realized that his butt was on the line and he wasn't just going to push his agenda off on someone who couldn't put up a fight.
yep
" The entire case stemmed from the housekeeper's information.
Once she sold her story to the tabloids she was no longer deemed credible."
How much do you want to bet that the media does not give the housekeeper the same treatment that they gave to the mother in the Michael Jackson case ?
Both women sound like the same types- in Jacko's case she was called a lying con artist, but, Rush's housekeeper will be elevated to saint status.
Guaranteed.
The affidavits she signed were posted on Smoking Gun.
Ugly ugly ugly. She gave us Rush to save her own neck.
Rush has admitted abusing his medications.
One of the sad truths (rarely known to the abuser) about drug abuse is sudden hearing loss. I respect him for facing his demon.
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