Posted on 09/18/2006 5:19:53 PM PDT by abb
DURHAM - One of three people who saw the accuser in the Duke lacrosse rape case at the crisis center where she first reported being sexually assaulted kept notes of her observations, defense lawyers said in a motion filed in court today.
In the early hours of March 14, the accuser was taken to Durham Access Center because she reportedly met the criteria for involuntary commitment, defense lawyer Brad Bannon wrote in the motion filed in Durham County Court today.
While there for 40 minutes, the accuser interacted with three women on the center's staff, the motion says.
Gerri Lomuriel Wilkes, who was working at the center the morning the accuser came in, took hand-written notes of her observations, according to the motion.
Kirk Osborn, the lawyer representing Reade Seligmann, one of three lacrosse players accused in the case, found out about the notes while interviewing Wilkes, the motion says.
Defense lawyers are asking that the notes be turned over to them.
District Attorney Mike Nifong has told defense lawyers during discovery hearings that no notes were made at the center, that only a log existed from there.
In previous documents handed over to defense lawyers, there is no evidence that police tried to contact Wilkes about that morning.
Also, defense lawyers are asking the state for a bill of particulars in which they hope to get a more precise timeline of the alleged offenses and find out which bathroom at 610 N. Buchanan the gang-rape allegedly occurred.
They also are asking the state to specify which "sexual act" each defendant is accused of committing. Staff writer Anne Blythe can be reached at 932-8741 or ablythe@newsobserver.com.
Something penetrated me somewhere, sometime that night, and I remember some LAX player's house or something. Somebody gave me a drink, too. Where's my shoe again?
and they didn't pay me my money...
court tv talking about FA's lineup...
ctv's talking heads laying groundwork for pulling plug on case...
Now they mention the towel with the player that there.
this just in. dpd emails in discovery materials...
http://www.wral.com/news/9911326/detail.html
Defense: DA Dragging Feet In Duke Lacrosse Case
POSTED: 12:33 pm EDT September 22, 2006
UPDATED: 1:34 pm EDT September 22, 2006
DURHAM, N.C. -- Attorneys representing three Duke University lacrosse players charged with raping a woman complained Friday that prosecutors are dragging their feet in the case.
At a pretrial hearing to address several motions filed in the case, defense attorneys asked Judge Osmond Smith to compel Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong to respond more quickly to their requests for evidence. Nifong doesn't return phone calls or respond to written motions, the attorneys said.
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Complete Coverage Of Case
"I apologize if I'm not doing things the way they want things to be done," Nifong shot back. "This isn't the only (criminal) case in Durham."
A 27-year-old North Carolina Central University student told police she was beaten and raped by three lacrosse players at a March 13 off-campus team party, where she was performing as a stripper.
Juniors Collin Finnerty and Reade Seligmann and 2006 graduate Dave Evans have been charged with rape and kidnapping in the case.
None of the players attended Friday's hearing, but Finnerty's father was taking notes in the gallery.
Nifong also turned more material over to defense attorneys Friday, including e-mails sent by Durham police officers investigating the case and reports summarizing information retrieved from lacrosse players' computers.
http://www.wral.com/news/9911326/detail.html
lived there
The material found in THE bathroom was apparently found in both bathrooms.
So the defense doesn't even know which bathroon she'll pick....
rufus (former nc ag) worried about nc legal system looking foolish
Nifong is hoping for 1st degree sexual offense, imo.
Great you don't have penetrated someone in NC for it to be considered a sexual act. I guess Nifong will go into court and accuse them of yiffing her.
I think they must have held her down and waved them at her....
yiffing?
And based on this these boys go through hell. I could cry for them and their families.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=yiffing
And I am not a freak, I seen it on CSI!!!!!
No kidding...
well, ya learn something every day...
I would find it hard to believe that she hasn't engaged in fantasy rapes with clients. Bet it's her favorite.
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