08-12-2014, 12:08 AM
PROBABLE CAUSE HEARING FOR 8 / 12 CANCELLED
Damn, I really wanted to hear some state's evidence and/or see a warrant. The hearing has not been rescheduled.
UPDATES:
The trailer and storage shed
Since his arraignment two weeks back, there has been strange legal wrangling over Kibby's trailer home and the storage shed (considered as both evidence and the alleged crime scene). The state wanted to move it and take it in to state custody, claiming it could be tampered with by looky-loos or the landlord (since the rent is now unpaid).
The defense objected because they haven't been permitted to investigate. Judge Albee agreed with the defense and ordered the state to pay the rent and guard the property rather than move it.
It sounds to me like the defense is still being kept in the dark as to the state's full allegations and doesn't necessarily trust the attorney general's office; the judge is carefully guarding the suspect's rights.
All other evidence
Judge Albee went beyond addressing the property and agreed to a defense request that officials maintain “any evidence of any investigation by anyone into the possibility that any other person may have committed the alleged crime or crimes with which the State charges Mr. Kibby.’’
Refs:
http://www.wcsh6.com/story/news/local/20.../13808427/
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/08...story.html
Damn, I really wanted to hear some state's evidence and/or see a warrant. The hearing has not been rescheduled.
UPDATES:
The trailer and storage shed
Since his arraignment two weeks back, there has been strange legal wrangling over Kibby's trailer home and the storage shed (considered as both evidence and the alleged crime scene). The state wanted to move it and take it in to state custody, claiming it could be tampered with by looky-loos or the landlord (since the rent is now unpaid).
The defense objected because they haven't been permitted to investigate. Judge Albee agreed with the defense and ordered the state to pay the rent and guard the property rather than move it.
It sounds to me like the defense is still being kept in the dark as to the state's full allegations and doesn't necessarily trust the attorney general's office; the judge is carefully guarding the suspect's rights.
All other evidence
Judge Albee went beyond addressing the property and agreed to a defense request that officials maintain “any evidence of any investigation by anyone into the possibility that any other person may have committed the alleged crime or crimes with which the State charges Mr. Kibby.’’
Refs:
http://www.wcsh6.com/story/news/local/20.../13808427/
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/08...story.html