[JLS]

Nifong also tried to BS the court about the cell phone. At first, he denied that he had possession of a cell phone, then later said that the police did not review it (which would be stunningly incompetent).

Yeah all the feminazi/race baiter commentators speculating that Nifong must have something else, some bombshell maybe be surprised when it ends up that he had this cell phone and it turns out to be a defense bombshell in this case.

BTW, this cell phone tells you everything you need to know about this case:

1. Mangum dropped it outside when she fell and apparently did not miss it.

2. The police were not particularly interested in finding it. They took their time getting a warrant to search showing their level of belief of the woman.

3. Nifong after taking over the investigation was apparently not interested in what evidence this cell phone might contain.

4. The defense is demanding to see what it says. Can you imagine a case where the defense is so confident it demands the police look at a cell phone that if there were a rape might contain pictures or textmessages about it.

This cell phone encapsulates the entire case. An out of it stripper drops a cell phone. The police taking her accusation seriously but not believing it takes their time to search for the cell phone. A DA rushing to indict does not bother to check it for evidence one way or the other. [Or maybe he did and knows it hurts his case?] Defendents who know they are completely innocent demand it be looked at because they know any evidence in the cell phone can only help them.

[David Allen]

When all of Nifong's actions are viewed objectively, the only logical conclusion which can be drawn is this one:

He wanted to avoid getting any evidence which might be exculpatory, particularly before he got his indictments.

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

NC Court site - upcoming court dates

full names, DOB's, charges/Case #

(lots of mangums in Durham County courts here)

http://www1.aoc.state.nc.us/www/calendars/CriminalQuery.html

[Ken H]

3. Nifong after taking over the investigation was apparently not interested in what evidence this cell phone might contain.

If the cell phone was examined for evidence, shouldn't that have been included in the 1200+ pages that Nifong gave to the defense?

If it was not examined, then he needs to be asked why the hell not.

[GAgal]

This post has a link about cell phone forensics:

http://boards.courttv.com/showthread.php?s=6481f0e123e384af37a9208ccbc37009&postid=8054244#post8054244