Posted on 03/27/2021 2:26:43 AM PDT by Libloather
A federal judge overseeing the criminal case against political donor Ed Buck Wednesday denied a defense motion to suppress a deputy’s declaration that she saw a substance appearing to be methamphetamine along with drug paraphernalia in plain view at Buck’s apartment when she was called to the scene of a man’s overdose death.
Buck, 66, is accused of giving drugs to the man who died at his West Hollywood apartment after allegedly being lured across state lines for prostitution. He faces nine felony counts in Los Angeles federal court, plus state charges of running a drug den. The federal case will proceed first in downtown Los Angeles.
In a hearing conducted via Zoom earlier this month, Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy Grehtel Barraza testified that when she responded to a call for service at Buck’s apartment on July 27, 2017, she observed evidence of what she believed to be narcotics on the table, and a bulbous pipe and a baggie with white crystalline residue in the already-open drawers to the red tool chest.
Buck argued that the evidence recovered from the tool chest should be suppressed because it was not in plain view since he always kept the drawers shut out of habit due to the chest’s tendency to tip over. U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder denied the motion.
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Lots going on in the republic. Ed’s no Uncle Buck.
I want to see what was on Bucks laptop.
Surprised this guy hasn’t had a Jailhouse “accident” Maybe his cellmate boyfriend’s are providing protection.
Decent Judge. Who woulda thunk it?
how does shifty schiff fit in to buck’s fun house?
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