Durham Police Begin Probe Of Alleged Assault At Raleigh Bar (Investigators under investigation)

WRAL.com ^ | July 22, 2006 | WRAL .com

[TommyDale]

DURHAM, N.C. -- Officials say they are investigating an alleged assault involving Durham police officers outside a Raleigh bar.

[Mad-Margaret]

Good lord! It's takes a lay person to do a reporter's job. JMOO asked the right question and she got the motion.

Unbelievable!

[GAgal]

Yep, as I said at CTV the local papers think a Pulitzer is either a German beer or a pipe organ.

[Mad-Margaret]

LOL!!

[TommyDale]

I hope Jmoo also handed Cheshire some printouts of the CGM website and the C. Destine Couch website...

[Locomotive Breath]

Here's a direct link

Court Order

[maggief]

"Download slots are busy..." LOL

[sflady]

The corruption in Durham reminds me of the corruption in Pinellas County, Fla. during the Terri Schiavo saga...

[GAgal]

After reading that motion, I'm left with the thought "What was Titus thinking?" That was a wonderful argument against gagging the already injured players.

[Mad-Margaret]

Just wait 20 seconds or whatever the countdown is and it will ask you to type in a code of letters. It took me a couple of tries and I had to clear my cache.

[Mad-Margaret]

It was a pretty good motion, I wish: 1) they had stressed that the right to a fair trial under the Sixth Amendment goes to the defendant; and 2) they had specifically cited cases, if any, where Rule 3.6 had been reduced to an order and applied to non-lawyers. They did raise this issue that Rule 3.6 is only applicable to lawyers, but if no court has ever expanded the rule to cover nonlawyers, then this should have been stated. I question whether Titus had the authority to give Rule 3.6 such an expansive reading.

Loved all the Nifong quotes!

[old and cranky]

Wow! I am really curious now how the judge is going to deal with that.

[Locomotive Breath]

I can't read the court order because where I am it's blocked by a filter. I'll have to look at it later.

Meanwhile, here's the story of the outcome of a false rape accusation at the US Naval Academy.

Owens absolved, but Navy case has no winners

[ltc8k6]

http://home.att.net/~ltc8k6/Osborn21Julymotion.pdf

I have it copied here.

[jennyd]

Thanks. Much appreciated.

[GAgal]

Margaret, that's an excellent point about Rule 3.6. So Titus's order deviated from the norm. That's very troubling.

[Mad-Margaret]

I have been very puzzled by the order. That's why I'd like to read it. LOL!

I still don't understand how this judge could invoke Rule 3.6 and apply it to nonlawyers, such as potential witnesses. If Titus wanted a gag order, why not just issue a gag order?

Little about this case makes sense.

[Locomotive Breath]

Thank you. I've read it now. It's hard to see where 3.6 applies to non-lawyers. Is there any precedent or basis for a judge to order defendants or witnesses into silence?

The Judge will simply ignore this motion just like he has so many others.

[Dante3]

Good comparison.

[old and cranky]

There was a movie a while back that starred Cher, Dennis Quaid and the dad from "Frasier" where the judge was really hard on the defense and then it turned out the judge was the actual murderer. I don't know why that movie just came to mind....

[maggief]

Thanks for that link.

Those Nifong quotes are rich! Did the local MSM shy away from posting the filing because some of the sources of Nifong's quotes are referenced to the N & O, WRAL, etc.?