Posted on 06/24/2005 10:51:40 AM PDT by george wythe
WEST PALM BEACH -- A Palm Beach County judge ruled Friday that he will review Rush Limbaugh's medical records in private to determine which of them will be turned over to prosecutors investigating the conservative radio host's prescription drug use.
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During that hearing, Assistant State Attorney James Martz told Barkdull that the records could show that the conservative radio host engaged in doctor shopping -- secretly obtaining overlapping prescriptions from different doctors in one month. Limbaugh's attorney, Roy Black, argued that the records should be limited to the time period between March 2003 and September 2003. Prosecutors cited prescriptions Limbaugh received during that time to obtain search warrants for his medical records from four doctors.
Barkdull ruled he will conduct an "inspection of the documents to determine which documents fall within the scope of the warrants." The records that are not covered by the search warrants will be returned to Black, Barkdull ruled. The judge rejected a request by Black to participate in the examination process to identify records Black believes are not relevevant to the investigation.
(Excerpt) Read more at sun-sentinel.com ...
Prosecutors seek proof of drug abuse in Limbaugh's medical records
Palm Beach County prosecutors told a judge Wednesday that they want to see all of Rush Limbaugh's seized medical records to determine whether he engaged in a long-term pattern of criminal prescription drug abuse.For the first time, prosecutors said the records could provide a crucial link between allegations by Limbaugh's former housekeeper and later allegations that Limbaugh engaged in doctor shopping for prescriptions.
The former housekeeper, Wilma Cline, and her husband, David, told investigators they sold Limbaugh "large quantities" of prescription drugs bought on the street for "many years," according to the search warrants used to seize the medical records.
Doesn't all property belong to the government now?........
This must be the first-ever incident where law enforcement has given the dealer cover in order to charge a user.
Creepy and weird, now the judges get to page through our medical records and pick and choose?
Why does a judge need to read them to decide whether or not it's right for a prosecutor to use them? Why does content matter?
Excellent point.
The only records the judge ought to get are the Dittohead, Best Hits ones.
They have already looked at the records before they were sealed again. This is a dog and pony show.
"This must be the first-ever incident where law enforcement has given the dealer cover in order to charge a user."
The Clines were given cover to rat on their suppliers, who were shut down years ago - http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/beshara1.html
IF Rush did obtain drugs from the Clines in the quantities they report, according to Fla law he IS guilty of "trafficing" even if he swallowed every one of them himself.
"They have already looked at the records before they were sealed again. "
EXACTLY - they KNOW what is in there, and Rush knows that they know - thats why he was so desperate to keep them sealed forever.
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