Monday is the next hearing date.
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Investigators testified earlier this week they discovered more child pornography on 100 diskettes, CDs and a removable disk drive taken from Karr's home in 2001.
But Wong said the testimony was irrelevant because Karr was not charged with any crime connected to those images.
The prosecutor hasn't said whether she will amend the complaint against Karr to add new charges and it was not immediately clear if the statute of limitations had lapsed.
Wong said she would also consider whether to unseal police records in the case in light of the lost evidence. She said will hear arguments from a media lawyer Monday.
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GOOD NEWS!!!
Posted: Saturday, 30 September 2006 5:08AM
Judge Refuses to Dismiss Charges, Despite Lost Evidence
Santa Rosa (AP)
A California judge refused Friday to dismiss the child pornography charges against former JonBenet Ramsey slaying suspect John Mark Karr, after prosecutors admitted losing a key piece of evidence in the case.
Sonoma County Superior Court Judge Cerena Wong criticized prosecutors and sheriff's deputies for ``mistakes and missteps,'' like losing the computer where the five alleged images of child pornography were stored, failing to tell her about the loss immediately and appearing unprepared for trial.
But those issues should ultimately be resolved by a jury, Wong said.
``The evidence that I've heard so far in regards to the failure of law enforcement to preserve evidence ... is relevant to the determination of this jury,'' Wong said.
Karr faces five misdemeanor charges. Defense lawyers asked for them to be dismissed, arguing that prosecutors were not acting in good faith. They also said they could not adequately defend their client without hard evidence.
Karr's trial is scheduled to begin Monday.
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